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ICHIBAN STARTING TO CLOSE DOWN. We are starting to close down our business, a process that will take us a couple of years. We still have over 900 items either currently listed on our website catalog or still to be posted onto it. So, from now on ALL ITEMS IN THE CATALOG MAY BE PURCHASED AT 40 % OFF THE LISTED PRICE.(This discount does NOT apply to items purchased at auction.) At these low prices, we do ask that you pay shipping and insurance charges for all items purchased.

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A Domed Vase by American Potter, Malcolm Wright Catalogue: Artists: Ceramics: Pottery: Pre 1990   item# 1099179 (stock# ICHI 411)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $495.00  This beautiful dome shaped vase is by an important contemporary American potter whose work is in the tradition of Japanese stoneware. The piece measures 8 ½” diameter at the waist – is 3 ½” diameter at the top opening – the base is 6 ¾” diameter – and it is 4 ½” high. It is glazed in a dramatic glossy black glaze that has hundreds of tiny light tan specks – you have to hold it close to see these very small spots. The top rim has a light tan glaze in the Tenmoku style of Japanese stoneware. The ...click for details A Print by Shuzo Ikeda – Children and Flowers – Showa Catalogue: Artists: Prints: Pre 1980   item# 1050323 (stock# COLL 1093)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 395.00  Here we have a charming print by the Japanese Sōsaku Hanga printer, Shuzo Ikeda. The print has a foreground of six white lilies on their stems. In the background on the middle left one can see two children playing outdoors. The print is framed and is signed in white ink by the artist. We purchased the print back in 1966 and had it framed in Yokohama so we can not see the edition number as it is covered by the mat. It is so well framed that we have chosen not to open it. ...click for details A Japanese Colored Etching - Trees – Shogo Okamoto Catalogue: Artists: Prints: Pre 1980   item# 1044944 (stock# ICHI 1148)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 595.00  This is a beautiful colored etching by Shogo Okamoto (120-2001). It portrays a Japanese farm house hidden amongst a large stand of lovely early spring leafed trees. In the foreground we can see the plowed fields readied for planting. The print measures 20 ½” by 19” framed – the print itself measures 16 ¼” by 18 ½”. It is pencil signed and numbered by the artist – and is 14 of a rare small edition of 40 prints. (Okamoto’s editions usually numbered 100). It is in excellent condition – no foxing or ...click for details A Green Studio Vase with Tomobako – Showa Catalogue: Artists: Ceramics: Pottery: Vases: Pre 1980   item# 1012629 (stock# COLL 1061)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 295.00  This is a tall studio vase glazed in a medium matte green color. The shape is simplicity itself and is elegant in every way. It has a medium wide base – then starts tapering inward and that point is marked with three incised white lines. At that pint that are two small angular handles. The vase then climbs further up with a flare to the top rim. ...click for details A Japanese Studio Vase by Kawai Tadashi - 20th Cty. Catalogue: Artists: Ceramics: Porcelain: Pre 2000   item# 1009879 (stock# ICHI 2385)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 395.00  This is a handsome studio vase by a modern Japanese potter, Kawai Tadashi, born Kyoto-1926 - ? It is beautifully decorated in overglaze enamel with multi-colored butterflies on one side and a tall branch of dark green leaves on the other side. It is signed but the impressed mark is to blurred in the firing to make it out. The vase comes with it original tomobako (signed wooden box). The vase is in excellent condition and does not appear to have ever been used. There is a pamphlet inside the box ...click for details A Modern Japanese Studio Pottery Kogo Irregular Shape Catalogue: Artists: Ceramics: Pottery: Contemporary   item# 935448 (stock# COLL 9070)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 495.00  This is a fascinating small incense or cosmetic kogo in an irregular shape of multiple facets. It is pure white pottery with a matte glaze – the only color being the potter’s mark on the bottom of the inside of the piece. It was made by Akiko Uchida, a Japanese artist, living in NYC. The kogo measures 2 3/8” at widest on top and is 1 ½” high. There is a paper on the inside of the kogo that reads – Incense Box – “Shiro Iwa” – which translates to White Rock and is dated 2002. A classic example o ...click for details A Beautiful Studio Bowl by Kimi Masui – 1994 Catalogue: Artists: Ceramics: Pottery: Bowls: Pre 2000   item# 903096 (stock# COLL 9041)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $295.00  This is a gorgeous studio bowl in the modern Japanese style by a renowned third generation Japanese potter in the San Francisco area, Kimi Masui. It was purchased at an exhibit of modern Japanese potters at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco back when it was still located in Golden Gate Park. The inner side of the bowl has a fantastic blend of colors - streaky whites, then purples to grays to lavenders – all culminating in a pool of soft turquoise green that makes you feel like you are lookin ...click for details Return To Top PAGE: 1