Vintage Modern Japanese Studio Ikebana c1950s

Beautiful studio Ikebana from Shigaraki with incised glazed lines running across, a black glazed base with ash glaze on the inside from the wood firing. Really beautiful example.

Studio ceramic Ikebana vase with four upturned spouts on a rectangular body with a footed base. The vase consists of a textural clay with sgarffito designs and earth tones glazes. I...

Absolutely stunning vintage Japanese studio ceramic vessel made by an incredibly talented unknown artisan c1970s. Most likely came in a wood box. Amazing form and glaze work.

Stunning live edge black walnut vase by noted California studio artist, Doug Ayers. Signed and dated.

Studio ceramic tapered vase by artist Ingrid Atterberg (1920-2008) of Sweden. A tapered form with striped glazes running from the top to bottom of the vase, with an off white glaze a...

California studio ceramic artist Rupert Deese (1924-2010). Bulbous ceramic vase with blue tones with striped patterned glaze embellishments. Deese was a noted ceramicist who won nume...

Pair Of Showa Period Japanese Lacquered Woven Bamboo Ikebana Vases, Japan, C.1950 The word Ikebana translates as the Japanese art of flower arrang...

Modernist Ikebana vase with fantastic abstract decoration. Japan, 1950s.

Modernist Ikebana vase with multiple openings and a textured surface. nice colors signed on the side.

Modernist Ikebana vase with multiple openings and a textured surface. Retains the original label on the bottom. Japan, 1950s.

Modernist Ikebana vase with a vessel structure and textured surface. Unknown signature in bottom. Japan, 1950s. Mid-Century, Hollywood Regency, Art Deco, Eclectic, Coastal, Modern,...

A tall ceramic vase made in the tradition of Shigaraki ware by Japanese potter Takahashi Shunsai (1927-2011), the fourth heir of the famed Rakusai lineage of potters. The vase is heavily potted in the reddish sandy Shigaraki clay. It has a Classic vase form made for Ikebana display. The surface is thickly draped with natural ash glaze that deposited onto the body during the firing process in the kiln. It also features decoration of carved lines. Nuggets of feldspar were incorporated in the clay and exposed onto the surface as crystal like jewels. Substantial and archaic looking, the vase also has a strong modern appeal due to its Mingei styling. It was signed on the base with a pressed seal Shunsai as shown. The vase comes with its original wood storage box (tomobako) with bears the title and signature in Kanji and a seal. It also retains a paperwork noting the artist's biography and practice philosophy in Japanese. Born in Shigaraki, Shunsai was the second son of renowned potter Takahashi Rakusai...