Shigaraki Tsubo-Jar by Otani Shiro
This Shigaraki tsubo-jar by Otani Shiro has got it all; 'fire-color' hi-iro in many tones (and even a rare luster feel), ash-patches and drips over a crinkled 'melon-skin,' the full form allows all these characteristics to unfold without competing; a fine harmony. Otani(b.1936) is a Shigaraki Int... More
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Bizen Hidasuki Tokkuri by Kakurezaki Ryuichi
You know, after looking at many pages of listed sold Kakurezaki pieces over the past eight years or so from our gallery---wow,some great works indeed!--I could not find one pure hidasuki-scarlet rope cord tokkuri; there were some with hidasuki, yet they also had splashes of goma or yohen patches.... More
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Mashiko Tsubo-Jar by Shimaoka Tatsuzo
Living National Treasure Shimaoka Tatsuzo passed away last year yet left the world an amazing body of wonderful Mashiko pottery during a career that spanned half a century. Here is a rare circa 1962 jimi-quiet strength chatsubo-tea jar with four lugs. It displays in the purest sense--and the reas... More
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Nezumi Shino Chawan by Kato Kageaki
This Nezumi Shino chawan by Kato Kageaki(1899-1972) feels alive; it's a classic Nezumi Shino chawan that all in all speaks for itself. Kato was a 12th generation Mino potter--father of Kagekiyo (Seizo), grandfather of Yasukage--and his lineage dates back to the original potters of the Mino region... More
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Edo Period 19th C. Kosobe Tokkuri
Kosobe pottery is one of the famous Tea Master Kobori Enshu's favored Seven Kilns of the middle-late Edo period; Kosobe was fired in a small village of the same name in Osaka. This tokkuri is on the large size--as was normal in those days--and has fluid calligraphy written on the sides; we are in... More
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Neriage Bokuryu Chawan by Ueda Tsuneji
I've had the privilege to hold quite a few Ueda Tsuneji (1914-1987) chawan here in our gallery, and each one is a wonder. Please see our archives for photos of those and more about Ueda, a very great Kyoto Mingei potter. This chawan is quite appropriately open-faced for summer with a wider neriag... More
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Edo Period 19th Century Shodai Chatsubo
37cm.tallx27.4, new box, old original top, Bunka-Bunsei, excellent condition. More
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Set of Five Takatori Soba-Choko Cups
From a private collection in Kumamoto City, here is a rare and very nice set of five late Edo period(early 19th C. Bunka-Bunsei) Takatori soba-choko sake cups. On the lip of each is a rope design and the body has a light crackled olive glaze with impressionistic iron-underglazing. Each in perfect... More
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Shizen-Yu Apples by Yoshisuji Keiji
Fired a few times in Yoshisuji Keiji's small anagama these two natural ash-glazed(shizen-yu) apples are fine desk objects to refresh the senses, just as a crisp apple does on an autumn day. The left one was fired twice and the right thrice, thus the different levels of ash. Both in perfect condit... More
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Hagi Vase by Miwa KyusetsuX
Miwa Kyusetsu X (1895-1981), later known as Kyuwa, was the first Living National Treasure of Hagi -the second was his younger brother Miwa Kyusetsu XI (the present-day Jusetsu). Quite simply, he did what LNT Kaneshige Toyo did for Bizen, or what LNT Nakazato Muan did for Karatsu. He is a legendar... More
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