Winter Antiques Show: Confronting Tradition in Clay: Japanese National Living Treasures versus Iconoclasts

Yamada Hikaru (1923-2001)
Diamond-shaped glazed perforated stoneware sculpture titled “Intersecting
Clay Planes\", 1972
Glazed stoneware
12 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 3 1/8 inches, Base: 2 1/4 h. x 6 1/4 x 4.75
Inv# 6751; SOLD

Matsui Kôsei (1927-2003)
White and tan marbelized clay (neriage) spherical vase with cracked surface, ca. 1979
Stoneware with marbleized colored clay inlays
6 x 4 1/8 inches
Inv# 6743
SOLD

Matsui Kôsei (1927-2003)
Small neriage conical vase with marbleized gray, beige and white colored clays, ca. 1977
Stoneware with marbleized colored inlay
6 7/8 x 6 1/8 inches
Inv# 6557
SOLD

Kondo Yuzo (1902 - 1985)
Gold overglazed porcelain vase with cobalt blue underglaze decoration of pomegrantes, ca. 1978
Glazed Porcelain
8 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches
SOLD

Matsui Kôsei (1927-2003)
Neriage vessel with inlays of black, white and red clays and sand treated surface , 1985
Stoneware with marbleized colored clay inlays
12 5/8 x 12 1/5 inches
Inv# 5696
SOLD

Nakajima Hiroshi (b. 1941)
Banded standing vessel with protruding rectangular patterning covered in crackleur celadon glaze, ca. 1991
Glazed Porcelain
SOLD

Okabe Mineo
Oribe glazed circular vessel with low walls, ca. 1965
Stoneware with copper green oribe glaze
3 7/8x 11 7/8 inches
Inv# 6766
SOLD

Wada Morihiro (1944 - 2008)
Faceted teabowl with white, red, gray and black glazes, ca. 1985
Glazed stoneware
3 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches
Inv# 6768
SOLD

Fujimoto Yoshimichi (1919 - 1992)
Stoneware vase with iron-glazed alternating designs of heron and grasses ca. 1967
Glazed stoneware
11 3/8 x 12 inches
Inv# 6867
SOLD

Kamoda Shoji (1933-1983)
Spherical stoneware acid-etched vase, 1967
Unglazed stoneware
10 x 12 inches
Inv# 6855
SOLD

Kusube Yaichi (1897-1984)
Circular gray art-deco style sculpted vessel , ca. 1955
Porcelain with opaque matte grayish-white glaze
12 1/2 x 11 x 11 1/2 inches
Inv# 6464
SOLD

Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (b. 1934)
Large white porcelain vase with polychrome overglaze decoration of cockscomb plants, ca. 1985
11 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches
Inv# 6634

Shimaoka Tatsuzô (1919 - 2007)
Round platter with slip-filled, cord-impressed pattern and floral design on iron glaze ground, 1972
Stoneware with iron glazes and turquoise-green glaze
Inv# 6363
SOLD

Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959)
White shino-glazed square plate with designs in iron oxide red glaze, ca. 1950
Stoneware with white shino and iron-oxide red glazes
2 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches
Inv# 3481
SOLD

Kusube Yaichi (1897-1984)
Turquoise glazed sculptured vessel, ca. 1955
Stoneware with opaque turquoise-blue glaze
11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
Inv# 6463
SOLD

Matsui Kôsei (1927-2003)
Ovoid vase striped with blue, gray and white marbleized colored clay, ca.1977
Stoneware with marbleized colored inlay
11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches
Inv# 6556 SOLD

Kawai Kanjiro (1890-1960)
Three color-splashed glazed square (henko) stoneware flask-vase with red and green glazes on black ground, ca. 1960
Glazed stoneware
8 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches SOLD
Inv# 6868

Kawai Kanjirô (1890-1960)
Round covered box with combed decoration, 1927
Temmoku-glazed stoneware
4 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches
Inv# 6830

Matsui Kosei (1927-2003)
Covered box with neriage (marbelized) clay inlays in white, blue and grey, 1989
Stoneware with marbleized colored inlay
5 1/2 x 10 inches
Inv# 6636 SOLD

Hamada Shoji (1894-1978)
Ash-glazed flower vase with vertical applied bands, ca. 1965
Glazed stoneware
11 5/8 × 6 3/8 inches
Inv# 6765 SOLD

Hamada Shôji (1894-1978)
Salt-glazed tea bowl with combed design, ca. 1960
Stoneware with salt-glaze
3 1/2 x 4 7/16 inches
Inv# 6092

Kawamoto Gorô (1919 - 1986)
Attenuated and animated pouring vessel with surface decoration of dancing figure done in relief
ca. 1976
Porcelain
10 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches
Inv# 6203

Tokuda Yasokichi III (1933 - 2009)
Round plate with glazes in hues of deep purple with blue and green accents in infused kutani glazes, ca. 1995
Glazed porcelain
15 3/8 x 3 1/2 inches
Inv# 6658 SOLD