An organic vessel torn and hollowed from a block of clay in the Kurinuki style covered in lavender tinged white by Kaneta Masanao enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hagi Haku-yu Yohen Kurinuki Hanaire...

This vessel epitomizes the work of innovative artist Hayashi Shotaro, the misshapen vessel enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Manyosai Mimitsuki Hanaike. It is 15 x 18 cm (6 x 7 inches) at the base, 24.5 cm (just under 10 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Hayashi Shotaro (b. 1947) is one of the biggest names in contemporary Mino ceramics...

A green pool fills the basin of this steep sided bowl, the walls dragged by the fingers by Murakoshi Takuma enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hai-yu Chawan. Large Shiseki bubbles of white feldspar crystals burst through the surface. It is 12 x 13 x 7.5 cm (4-3/4 x 5 x 3 inches) and is in perfect condition, directly from the artist.
Murakoshi Takuma is one of those enigmas who simply lives to work with clay...

Kaoru Kawano
Girl with Fan
Date: 1950s-60s
Size: Approximately 16.75 x 11.25 inches.
Sealed by the artist at lower left and on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Top margin edge has tape residue.
Note: The fan shimmers with mica highlights.

Fukutaro Tanouchi
Udon
Publisher: Takemura Hideo.
Size: 5.5 x 3.625 inches.
Date: 1930-40s.
Signed by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Slight toning at left edge.
A rare and wonderful shin hanga design.

An Okawachi Nabeshima Official Kiln shakuzara decorated with the three friends of Winter. This particular class of porcelain was made to the order of the Shogun for distribution to members of the Bakufu. It would have formed part of a service of 52 items of which two of them would have been of this size. It measures 30 cm in diameter and stands 10.2cm high at the rim...

A concave cube of white porcelain covered in crackled clear green glaze by Kato Tsubusa enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 10.5 x 11.5 x 12 cm (4 x 4-1/2 x 5 inches) and in perfect condition, directly from the artist this summer.
Kato Tsubusa was born in Tajimi city, the home of Shino, in 1962, graduating the municipal Pottery Design and Technical Center in 1979. From then to 1983 he worked as a decorator at the Otai Kiln moving out on his own in 1984...

A sculptural pair of exquisite spiraling five-sided celadon lidded bottles by Yagi Akira enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Seihakuji Mentori Futamono.  Each is 10 cm (4 inches) tall and in perfect condition, directly from the artist.
Yagi Akira was born in Kyoto in 1955, son of avant garde Yagi Kazuo (1918-1979) one of the founding members of Sodeisha. Akira was voted one of the 20 most important living artists by Honoho, Japans premier printed ceramic forum...

A beautiful small flat serving dish on raised turned foot by Murakoshi Takuma the pebble studded clay covered in emerald green ash glaze and enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hai-yu Hira-maru Ita-zara. It is 18 cm (7-1/4 inches) diameter, and stands 4.5 cm (just less than 2 inches) tall.  Perfect for cheeses fruits or other shared snacks.
Murakoshi Takuma is one of those enigmas who simply lives to work with clay...

A dish made in the style of Totan or corrugated metal, a common building material in Japan. It is 42.5 x 18 x 3.5 cm (17 x 7 x 1-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition, directly from the artist. Fujimoto is inspired by the natural world around him, and the return to nature of the discarded and redundant remains of our civilization.
Fujimoto Hide was born in the heart of Shigaraki in 1954, and was fascinated with the medium from a very young age...

1920's Japanese Iron Mixed Metal Miniature Fan Shaped Box

It is 0.75 inch (1.9 cm) tall by 2.67 inches (6.8 cm) wide. It is 75.4 gram.

It is tarnished and has rust rubbing golds, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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TORSO

Excavated body part of ancient Japanese unglazed terracotta figure dated back to the Kofun period, 5-6th century, so-called ‘Haniwa’. H 31.5 x W 32 x D 14 cm (12.40 x 12.59 x 5.51in)...

Japanese antique Oribe ware fan shaped dish. Standing on 3 little round feet. The dish, made to look like a partially folded fan, is decorated with vibrant green glaze. Bands of stylized wave motif are painted in brown overglaze.

Age: Edo Period (18th century)

Dimensions: 11 1/2" long x 1 3/4" high x 6" wide

On a ro-iro (black) lacquer base, the decoration represents a silver moon partly hidden by a hira maki-e cartridge and two other vertical cartridges against a background of autumn plants on the banks of a river course water. The inside of the lid shows a pair of mandarin ducks swimming near a prunus tree. Inkstone and silver mizu-ire. Origin: Japan. Period: late Meiji (1868-1912). Dimensions: H4.5 x 27.5 x 22 cm.

A dish of circular form moulded in low relief with six raised reserves of stylised "ruyi" form. Three of which contain sketches in underglaze blue of open and closed fans and a ginko leaf. The centre contains a single square shikishi poem card painted with a flowering plum tree, which is set against a blue ground with auspicious vine patterns...

A large Japanese Arita dish of circular form with a slightly everted rim boldly decorated in export style. The absence of figural decoration may suggest that it was intended for the Middle Eastern market if need be. It is decorated principally in underglaze cobalt blue with iron red, green and aubergine coloured enamels with additional gilding. A relatively expensive combination of colours requiring several muffle kiln firings...

EMA OF PHALLUS

Worshipper’s wooden tablet so-called ‘Ema’ (lit. ‘Horse picture’) with such unique phallus painting. Morioka, Iwate, Japan. Showa 26 (1951)...

A large Japanese footed dish. Ao-Kutani palette polychrome enamel Chinese style decoration of a fisherman in landscape and the crimped cavetto with karakusa pattern with three pomegranate and stem reserves. A chocolate brown glazed rim. The back with two prunus sprays and the base with blue underglaze double ring and Fuku mark. Subtle, broad chatter marks can barely be seen within the foot under the glaze. “Ao” refers to blue and complimentary colors yellow, green, aubergine and iron red ena...