Wave-Wind Design Vase by Mihara Ken
Here is a rare circa 1991 wind-wave vase by Mihara Ken; the beige-gray five toned band scheme represent waves and the color of sand as the wind whips over it on a desert. This Mihara is very different from his current work and is a natural progression as he experimented with clays and firing, muc... More
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Large Bizen Henko-Jar by Wakimoto Hiroyuki/Previews
There is a mystical, almost spooky aura that surrounds this large Bizen jar by Wakimoto Hiroyuki. It was recently fired and I selected it, along with the previewed works here, from Wakimoto's once-a-year only firing. A haunting work with superb Bizen firing characteristics; a museum piece in perf... More
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Sekkei Chawan by Kako Katsumi
Good news for two of our favorite ceramic artists, Gomi Kenji was awarded the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibtion Prize and Grand Prize Runner-Up, while Kako Katsumi's sekkei chawan was selected to be shown in the same exhibition this spring; a catalog will be made. Kako's brown chawan was awarded at the... More
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Chozen-Karatsu Guinomi by Nakazato Shigetoshi
Here is a fine Chosen-Karatsu guinomi-sake cup by Nakazato Shigetoshi(b.1930). The Nakazato family is the oldest pottery family in Karatsu and Shigetoshi's father was the late Living National Treasure TaroemonXl (Muan). This guinomi sandy characteristic Karatsu clay with some wonderful 'landscape... More
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Ash-Glazed Shinogi Platter by Takahashi Samon
A fabulous pleated-faceted-shinogi-platter by one of our favorite potters in all Japan, veteran Takahashi Samon. A statement for any table, in perfect condition with a signed box, 5.2cm.tallx36.5x34, signed on base. We also selected various smaller dishes, preview photo seen, all sets of five, pr... More
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Large Oribe Platter by Kato Keiya
Kato Keiya (b.1935) is a veteran Seto potter who studied with the late Suzuki Seisei. Kato's work has been shown nationwide throughout his long career and has shown many times at Nitten. His work was even purchased by the Imperial Family. Here is a large Oribe platter that Kato incised with a flo... More
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Important Bizen Mizusashi by Mori Togaku
In the spring of 1990 Mori Togaku had a major exhibition at Mitsukoshi, Tokyo for his 2nd O-gama firing (large kiln, Mori's being 53-meters long) that was lit the previous Sept., the firing was stopped in Nov., and the unloading began in Jan. of 1990; the exhibition was a major success. The exhib... More
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Crackled Celadon Bowl by Furukawa Toshio
In the 1993 exhibition and catalog of 'Modern Japanese Ceramics in American Collections' held at the Japan Society in New York was shown a very similar crackled celadon bowl by Furukawa Toshio(b.1949, in the catalog no.60, photo shown here). The thickly crackled layers of celadon are a wonder to ... More
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Sometsuke Plate by Living National Treasure Kondo Yuzo
With the feel of an ink landscape painting, this porcelain sometsuke--underglaze cobalt blue--plate was by by the first Japanese ceramic artist to be named a Living National Treasure for sometsuke in 1977, Kondo Yuzo(1902-1985). The Kondo Yuzo Museum is located in Kyoto and can be viewed online h... More
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Bizen Vase-Tokkuri by Mori Togaku, 1971
Here is a circa 1971 Bizen full rakkyo (pearl onion form vase-tokkuri) by Mori Togaku(b.1937). It has a Ko-Bizen (Old Bizen) aura about it with a shibui firing indeed; the reddish-purple 'clay flavor' is superb as well as the fuse-yaki, where another piece was placed upside down over the neck, in... More
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