Atsuya Hamada Studio Pottery Miniature Tenmoku Glazed Vase

An unusual and individual Leach Pottery, St Ives hand thrown studio pottery vase decorated in mottled glazes by renowned Cornish based potter Joanna Wason...

Horst Kerstan (German, 1941-2005) was a leading ceramicist in West Germany in the latter part of the Twentieth Century. Inspired by Chinese ceramic traditions he brought a rigour to ...

Early Rye Pottery individual brown glazed studio pottery vase by John Cole (British, 1908-88) and made around 1947. The heavily made stoneware vase is of w...

A very stylish British studio pottery three handled bottle vase decorated in salt glazes signed to the base and dating from the 20th century. The hand thrown vase stands on a narrow ...

Glazed Studio Pottery Vase Dimensions. 6 W ; 5 D ; 8 1/2 H.

An exquisite, beautifully crafted Japanese pottery vase by master potter Shoji Hamada featuring Hamada's famous signature tenmoku glaze with kaki trailing. The original Hamada signed and sealed wood storage box is included as well as the written appraised signature of his son Shinsaku Hamada. The vase also comes with a printed artist profile/sales brochure of Hamada (featuring some of his other presumably available work). It appears this piece was offered at the Keio Department store in Shinjuku, Tokyo. At first glance, this may seem odd but in fact, this is quite an honor in Japan. This store is known for selling and exhibiting such high-profile artists and potters as Bernard Leach, Lucie Rie, Gyokudo Kawai, Shiko Munakata, Kawai Kanjiro, and Rosanjin Kitaoji. A major goal of many ceramic artists in Japan is to have a one-man exhibition in a department store. For many Westerners, this is a strange concept. Some of the larger department stores have up to three or four dedicated galleries showing concurrent art exhibitions. A well-known artist's exhibition can bring in hundreds, often thousands, of customers to a store and increase revenue for other sales in the millions-of-yen range. These exhibits are usually longer running and highlight a potter's career, like a Living National...

With Hamada's beautiful signature 'sugar cane' pattern. In perfect condition. Provenance; The library of a Gentleman, private collection Norfolk and London - UK.

Midcentury Glazed Studio Pottery Vase. This shapely vintage glazed Studio Pottery vase is a fantastic combination of chartreuse greens and blue. Great as a stand alone vase or groupe...