I’ve been lucky enough to be able to look at and handle a number of Mr Matsuzaki’s shino wares now and this is one of the best of his shino tea bowls that I’ve seen. The white glaze crawls are thick and highly tactile.
JAPANESE BIZEN STUDIO POTTERY BOTTLE VASE, BOX. In perfect condition no cracks or chips.
A very fine and dramatic studio pottery vase by leading Japanese potter Suzuki Goro. A relatively early piece, wood fired in the shigaraki manner. Dramatic variation in surface texture and colour, it’s quite something. Excellent condition, as new. Felt pads to the feet to prevent scratching the surface could no doubt be removed if wished. […]
A large and quite dramatic press-moulded studio pottery vase by one of the great 20th Century Japanese potters, Hamada Shoji. Kaki glaze with splashed copper and seiji glaze decoration. Condition is generally good and essentially as it emerger from the kiln, but there is a non-penetrating fissure to the underside where some of the press-moulded […]
An exceptional large wood fired vase by leading Japanese Mashiko potter Ken Matsuzaki. Coil built and faceted. Vivid blue-green cascade of natural ash glaze like an ice floe. The raw clay has flashed a beautiful peachy colour in the wood kiln. Excellent condition, as new. With the original signed box. Incised potter’s mark to the […]
A large and quite dramatic press-moulded studio pottery vase by one of the great 20th Century Japanese potters, Hamada Shoji. Kaki glaze with splashed copper and seiji glaze decoration. Condition is generally good and essentially as it emerger from the kiln, but there is a non-penetrating fissure to the underside where some of the press-moulded […]
Large copper glaze-trailed Japanese press-molded henko bottle vase handmade in Tamba, Japan, by Bernard Leach apprentice, Ichino Shigeyoshi. In good used condition. Excerpted from Cornwall Artists Index. Shige’ (nickname in Cornwall). Ichino was born in Tachikui, Japan and studied at Kansai University. Janet LEACH had stayed with his family and worked with him when she […]
An exceptional large wood fired vase by leading Japanese Mashiko potter Ken Matsuzaki. Coil built and faceted. Vivid blue-green cascade of natural ash glaze like an ice floe. The raw clay has flashed a beautiful peachy colour in the wood kiln. Excellent condition, as new. With the original signed box. Incised potter’s mark to the […]
Bob Sakoda Vase Modernist Studio Pottery MCM Japanese Chop Mark. Tall skinny vase is 9.5″ tall & 3.25″ diameter. Has Bob Sakoda’s chop/stamp as shown in the picture. The jar with lid is 9″ tall with the lid, 7.25″ tall without the lid. No chips or cracks. Absolutely beautiful and high quality stoneware. This item […]
A very fine Japanese chawan tea bowl by leading French ceramicist Claude Champy. Multiple high-iron and high-silica glazes over incised decoration. Excellent condition, as new. Incised potter’s signature to the foot. Dimensions (approximate): 13cm x 13.5cm x 7.5cm. Claude Champy is one of France’s leading potters and also one of relatively few Western potters whose […]