Black Raku Japanese Chawan Tea Bowl, Soraku
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Pre 1960 item# 979895 (stock# TCR2800)
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Pitted black drapes over the fine orange-peal texture of this Kuro-Raku Chawan by Higaki Soraku I (d. 1983) enclosed in the original wooden box endorsed within. The bowl is 5 inches (13 cm) diameter, 3-1/2 inches (8 cm) tall and in excellent condition. A beautifully formed bowl. Soraku took over the Katsura Kiln, and built it in its current form in 1955 making the decision at that time to concentrate almost uniquely upon tea ceremony wares along with his wife Sohaku. Upon his death in 1983 So ...click for details
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Chawan Tea Bowl by Zen Priest Kutsu Deiryu
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Pre 1950 item# 975523 (stock# TCR2785)
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An Oto-yaki Chawan inscribed by Zen priest Kutsu Deiryu with the Tea phrase Jakunen Fudo enclosed in a wooden box. The bowl is 4-1/2 inches (12 cm) diameter and in fine condition. Kutsu Deiryu (1895-1954) was born into a military family, and was raised from an early age in the strict environment until being diagnosed with Tuberculosis. He was sent then to serve at a nearby temple but was refused as Buddhism was still recovering and many temples were quite poor. He was finally accepted into t ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Ryukyu Yaki Dragon Vase
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Pre 1940 item# 957908 (stock# TCR2736)
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Early 20th century Kaki otoshi and carved pottery vase with a dragon soaring through clouds, reaching for the elusive pearl of Buddhist wisdom, signed on the base with a kiln mark from the southern Island Kingdom of Ryukyu (Okinawa). It is 8-1/2 inches (22 cm) tall, 8 inches (20 cm) diameter and in fine condition. This is from a collection of scholar items we are currently offering from the estate of a Kyoto family involved in literati and art movements from the later Edo period on.
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Chawan Tea Bowl by Zen Priest Seki Bokuo
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Pre 1980 item# 944592 (stock# TCR2695)
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A Gohon Ido-Chawan by Hara Kiyokazu (Seiwa) with two character inscription ZenMi (A Taste of Zen) by Seki Bokuo (1903-1991), longtime head of Tenryuji Temple, enclosed in the original wooden box signed by both the artist and the Monk. The fawn speckled bowl is an exemplary Gohon bowl, with the pale spots each ringed in thin red giving way to the overall gray. The bowl is 5 inches (12.5 cm) diameter, 3 inches (8 cm) tall and in perfect condition. Seki Bokuo was born in Gunma prefecture and stu ...click for details
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Modern Japanese Kakehana Vase by Kondo Seiko
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Pre 1980 item# 917991 (stock# TCR2642)
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An ash glazed cylinder by Gifu artist Kondo Suiko enclosed in the original signed wooden box. From the ragged edges cling Shizen-yu pine ash glaze, which runs down the sides, forming large drips about the exposed terracotta clay at the base. The vase is 5 inches (13 cm) tall, 4 inches (10 cm) diameter and in fine condition. Born in 1945 in Nigata prefecture, a cold industrial city on the West coast of Northern Japan, Seiko would have been surrounded with utilitarian pottery as a child. The a ...click for details
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Ito Tozan Japanese Pottery Horse Okimono
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Pre 1930 item# 898933 (stock# TCR2594)
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A large Okimono of a horse by Ito Tozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The crackled white body is decorated with rust mane and saddle, gold bells suspended from green buttons. The horse is roughly 7-1/2 inches (19 cm) tall, 7 inches (18 cm) long and in perfect condition, stamped on the belly Tozan. The Ito family, spanned three generations. Ito Tozan I (1846-1920) began his artistic career studying painting in the Shijo manner under Koizumi Togaku before moving to the plastic ar ...click for details
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