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Style: Showa
Large Japanese Glazed Ceramic Vase Signed “Koishiwara”
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This striking Japanese vase features a thick, cascading ash glaze in rich tones of celadon green and ivory over a deep brown body with carved vertical patterns. The glaze flows dynam...
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Tatsuzo Shimaoka Signed Japanese Mingei Banana Leaf Mashiko Pottery Plate Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully hand-decorated and executed large Mingei pottery plate/charger/low bowl by Japanese National Treasure Mashiko-yaki ceramic master Tatsuzo Shimaoka. This work features a...
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Rosanjin Kitaoji Signed Painted Chawan Tea Bowl with Original Sealed Signed Box
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely gorgeous hand-painted pottery Chawan tea bowl by Japanese master potter Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959) who was arguably one of if not the greatest artists/ceramicists of ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Tatsuzo Shimaoka Signed Japanese Mingei Henko Rope Inlay Pottery Vase with Box
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed, gorgeously glazed, and highly coveted press-molded square Mingei Henko vase by Japanese National Treasure and Mashik...
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Tatsuzo Shimaoka Signed Japanese Mingei Pottery Glazed Rope Inlay Vase with Box
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed and gorgeously glazed Mashiko Ware curved Mingei vase by Japanese National Treasure pottery master Tatsuzo Shimaoka. This work displays his famous Jomon Zogan...
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Japanese Midcentury Large Glazed Pottery Vase in the Manner of Shoji Hamada
Located in Studio City, CA
A really large and wonderful piece. Clearly, the maker was a fan of Shoji Hamada's work. Could be a Mashiko Ware pottery vase. Signed on the base along with a sticker on the insi...
Category

1960s Japanese Vintage Showa Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Very Large Showa Period Japanese 20th Century Porcelain Kutani Flowers Plate
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Lovely and detailed piece with a great decoration of a flower Original storage box included. Condition Perfect. Size 382 x 65mm D x H Period 20th century.
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Fine Large Rooster And Birds Tea Bowl, Hand-Built and Hand Glazed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Mint Kyo ware bowl From Japan, a beautiful hand-built, painted and glazed, Kyo ware large bowl or large tea bowl with a proud rooster and birds motif created in the 1930s.- over se...
Category

1930s Japanese Vintage Showa Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Japanese Little Porcelain Box for Incense and Jewelry 1980s KOUUN
Located in Paris, FR
This is a small box which is made with porcelain. This can be used as KOURO (the box we use to put some incense which we use during a traditional tea ceremony.). And also as a jewelr...
Category

Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Asian Bizen Yaki Ware Wabi-Sabi Studio Pottery Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and well crafted Japanese artisan Bizen ware Chawan tea bowl. Beautifully fired and colored with a touch of natural ash glaze. Japanese Bizen-Yaki pottery which dates ba...
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Rosanjin Kitaoji Signed Oribe Ware Tall Basket Vase Original Signed Sealed Box
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely gorgeous, beautifully decorated large pottery/ceramic basket vase by Japanese master potter Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959) who was arguably one of if not the greatest art...
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Japanese Asian Signed Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Ceramic Glazed Chawan Tea Cup
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous Japanese studio pottery Chawan tea cup that features a mix of shifting colors, glazes and textures as well as elements of Shino Ware and Hagi Ware. The piece radiates in ...
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Rosanjin Kitaoji Signed Shino Ware Chawan Tea Bowl Original Sealed Signed Box
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely gorgeous Shino ware pottery Chawan tea bowl by Japanese master potter Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959) who was arguably one of if not the gr...
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Shuen Yoshida Signed Vintage Japanese Mingei Hagi Ware Pottery Bowl with Box
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Hagi Yaki Ware pottery Chawan tea bowl by renowned Japanese potter Shuen (Shoen) Yoshida (1940-1987). Yoshida was an apprentice of Miwa Kyusetsu (1910-2012) who was awar...
Category

1970s Japanese Vintage Showa Ceramics

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Japanese Asian Signed Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Ceramic Glazed Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous Japanese studio pottery chawan tea bowl that features a wonderful reddish-orange glaze with various shifts in colour and texture. This particular piece encompasses the...
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Shoji Hamada Mingei Kakiyu Kaki Persimmon Glaze Vase Original Signed Sealed Box
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisite, beautifully crafted, sumptuously glazed vase by master Japanese Mingei potter Shoji Hamada, which features a fine example of his highly coveted rich Kaki/persimmon glaz...
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Japanese Asian Antique Shino Yaki Ware Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Japanese Mingei Shino Ware (志野焼, Shino-Yaki) pottery Chawan tea bowl for tea ceremony that features a sumptuous glaze with wonderful subtle shifts in color, pattern, and ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Japanese Signed Polychrome Ceramic Pottery Plate, Showa Period
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully decorated, hand painted Japanese plate. From a collection of Japanese art, pottery, and artifacts. Signed or stamped o...
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Signed Artisan Mingei Shigaraki Ware Pottery Wabi-Sabi Abstract Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A quite striking Japanese Shigaraki Ware pottery vase featuring a very abstract, multi-layered ash glazed texture. Shigaraki Ware pottery comes from Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The k...
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Tatsuzo Shimaoka Japanese Glazed Rope Inlay Pottery Ceramic Vase with Signed Box
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed and gorgeously colored coveted square Mingei bottle vase by Japanese National Treasure pottery master Tatsuzo Shimaoka. This vase is an early work of Shimaoka's before he started to use his impressed "Ta" signature. The rich colors are truly amazing and shift in the light. The vase comes with a Shimaoka signed and sealed box. The work is exquisite in every way and has a wonderful feel and heft to it. Shimaoka, who started as an apprentice to famed Japanese potter Shoji Hamada in 1946 before opening his own studio, has exhibited worldwide including North America, Asia, and Europe. In 1996 he was bestowed the title of Japanese Living Treasure...
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Large 1900-1930 Satsuma Antique Garniture Japanese Colorful Vases, Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Great pieces, nice interior addition. Condition Biggest vase both lid and vase were restored, foot also. Small vases in good condition, only a chip to nose of one of the dogs. ...
Category

20th Century Chinese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Great 20th Century Japanese Raw Fish Bowl Blue and White Hand Painted Artist
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice bowl in Nabeshima style Condition Overall Condition Perfect. Small chip. Size 165mm Period 20th century.
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Porcelain Flowers Bowl Koudaiji Raku Ware 1970s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a bowl which was made with porcelain. It will come with a wooden box. It was made in Showa era around 1970s. It was made with style Raku (Raku ware) in Koudaiji gama. Dimens...
Category

Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Shiko Shikou Munakata Rare Signed Japanese Pottery Chawan Tea Bowl Signed Box
Located in Studio City, CA
An exceptionally rare, wonderfully designed Chawan tea bowl by famed Japanese master woodblock printmaker/ artist Shiko Munakata (1903-1975) who is widely considered to be the most important Japanese visual artist of the 20th century and the Pablo Picasso of Japan. This hand-painted work clearly illustrates Munakata's whimsical side as it is of a Koma - a child's spinning top toy. Very few examples of Munakata's work in ceramics exist still today. The work is signed by Munakata on the base as well as the original wood protective storage box (his seal can also be seen faintly in the lower-left corner). The bowl has a small kintsugi or "golden joinery" repair - the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold - on the inside. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise. Munakata who is often compared to Picasso was primarily associated with and a principal figure in both the Sosaku-Hanga (which stressed the artist as the sole creator ) and the Mingei (folk art) movements. His many accolades and awards include the "Prize of Excellence" at the Second International Print Exhibition in Lugano, Switzerland in 1952, and first prize at the São Paulo Bienal Exhibition in Brazil in 1955, followed by the Grand Prix Award at the Venice Biennale in 1956, and the Order of Cultural Merit, the highest honor in the arts by the Japanese government in 1970. In 1960 after returning from a year abroad exhibiting his work in the United States, the Horinji Temple in Kyoto bestowed upon him the honorary rank of “Hokkyo”. In 1962, he received the rank of “Hogan” from Nisseki Temple in Toyama prefecture. He also received a Medal of Honor in 1963 and the Asahi Shimbun culture prize in 1965. Munakata's work can be found in numerous international collections and museums including: The Britsih Museum, UK The Chicago Art Institute Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), NY The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), NY The Philadelphia Museum of Art The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), Washington DC Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis And his own museum The Munakata Shiko...
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Reconstructed Ceramics #1 Contemporary Zen Japonism Style
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
This series of ceramics are unique work by Norihiko Terayama. He broke ceramic at first, and makes it into a lot of fragment. He rasps some of fragm...
Category

2010s Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Mashiko Ware Mingei Pottery Water Container Vase Manner of Shoji Hamada
Located in Studio City, CA
A quite beautiful and visually stunning Japanese Mashiko Ware Pottery (Mashikoyaki) Mingei vase or Mizusashi (fresh water container used for traditional te...
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware, Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Asian Signed Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Red Gold Glazed Yunomi Teacup
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous Japanese studio pottery Yunomi teacup or sake cup that features a wonderful sumptuous crimson red glaze with dripping gold gilt glaze and various shifts in color and textu...
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Rakusai Takahashi III Signed Japanese Shigaraki Pottery Chawan Tea Bowl with Box
Located in Studio City, CA
A stunning Shigaraki ware pottery chawan tea bowl by famed Japanese master potter the 3rd Rakusai Takahashi. The bowl features a beautiful, unique natural organic ash glaze with wonderful shifts in colour and texture. Rakusai Takahashi III (1898-1976) is universally considered one of the most important Japanese potters of the 20th century. In 1964 he was named a human cultural treasure and bestowed a Shiga Prefectural Intangible Cultural Property. His work can be found in numerous collections and international museums including the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, and the Brooklyn Museum to name a couple. Shigaraki Ware pottery comes from Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The kiln there is one of six ancient kilns in Japan (along with Echizen ware, Seto ware, Bizen ware, Tamba ware...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Kaneshige Toyo National Treasure Signed Japanese Bizen Tea Ceremony Container
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, and somewhat whimsical antique Bizen ware stoneware pottery tea ceremony container (stated on the box) or incense burner by renowned Japanese master potter/artist Kanesh...
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Great 20th Century Japanese Raw Fish Bowls Blue and White Hand Painted Artist
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice bowl in Nabeshima style Condition Overall condition perfect. Small chip. Period 20th century. Size 165mm.
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Makuzu Kozan II Signed and Stamped Japanese Ceramic Flower Pottery Bowl Pot Vase
By Makuzu Kozan II
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful handmade handled bowl by well-known Japanese ceramic artist Makuzu Kozan II, son of Makuzu Kozan who was appointed artist to the Japanese Imperial household...
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1930s Japanese Vintage Showa Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Asian Signed Glazed Pottery Ceramic Folk Art Wabi-Sabi Yunomi Teacup
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Japanese yunomi teacup featuring a subtle blue-green crackle glaze. The work radiates in the light. This little gem (along with others we will be listing) came from a collector of fine Japanese and Asian ceramics - a collection like no other we have seen before. The yunomi teacup has a somewhat Wabi-Sabi feel and appearance to it. Appears to be signed by the maker/artist on the base. Would be a great addition to any Asian or Japanese pottery/ceramics collection...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Large Japanese Pottery Charger in the Manner of Shoji Hamada and Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly gorgeous, sumptuously, richly, and darkly glazed, hand-decorated large Japanese studio pottery charger. The craftsmanship is exquisite. The piece radiates in the light and features an abstract trailed glaze design. The work is very reminiscent of Japanese master potters Shoji Hamada and Toshiko Takaezu (the previous owner lived half of each year in Hawaii where Toshiko lived and collected both her and Hamada's works). Possible marker's impressed mark/ chop signature along the edge of the lower rim (please see photos). Would be a great addition to any Japanese or Asian pottery/ ceramics...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

8 Piece Japanese Kutani Hand Painted Chawan Tea Bowl Cover Set in Original Box
Located in Studio City, CA
A lovely set of 8 Kutani tea serving bowls with covers in an original stamped wood box. All bowls signed/marked on the base. Likely from the Showa pe...
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Antique 20th Japanese Porcelain Plate Scene of a Landscape Relief
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and rare piece. Condition Overall condition perfect. Measures: 290 x 43mm Period Showa Periode (1926-1989).   
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Asian Large Ceramic Stoneware Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Bowl Charger
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly magnificent in size and execution Japanese stoneware studio pottery charger/bowl. This exceptionally large and heavy asymmetrical work features a circular swirl design patter...
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

20th Century Okimono Bronze Japanese Statue of Fish Japan Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Nicely made artifact used as table decoration during the kaiseki meal. The piece is marked Condition Overall condition just some ware. 210mm length Period 20th c...
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Bronze

Perfect 20C 30CM Japanese Porcelain Charger Flower and Leaves Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated Japanese Porcelain plate, stunning colors. marked at base. Condition Overall Condition Perfect; Size: 300x46mm Period 20th century
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Large Vintage Minoyaki Kozan Gamma Op-Art Bowl, Showa Era, 1970 s, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A wild and fantastic vintage Japanese Minoyaki Kozan Gama scalloped rim porcelain bowl, Showa Era, circa 1970's, Japan. The large and heavy porcelain bowl ...
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1970s Japanese Vintage Showa Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Shawan tea cup in celadon with corded pattern by to Tenzo Shimaoka
Located in PARIS, FR
Celadon tea cup with corded patterns glazed in the Jômon zogan style made by Tatsuzô Shimaoka (1919-2007, Mingei school). Developed by himself, this style ...
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Celadon

Fantastic Japanese Porcelain Bowl Nabeshima Flowers Japan Marked Base
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice and beautiful bowl. Medium size. With a stunning scene of flowers Exquisite Nabeshima bowl The Nabeshima kilns were the earliest makers of porcelain in Japan and the clan's artisans have continued their excellence for nearly 400 years. Nabeshima ware...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

20th century painted clay plate depicting Beautiful Woman
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Attractive framed ceramic decorative plate by Hakata clay artist . Pano depicts beautiful woman with umbrella, Sheltering her from falling snow . Signed . Size 44.5x36.5 cm ( 17.5x14...
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Clay

20th Century Porcelain Japanese Super Large Charger Japan Blue and White
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Sharing with you this large and Fabulous Japanese charger in amazing colors. Box included Condition Perfect. Size 340 x 60mm D x H Period 20th century Showa...
Category

20th Century Chinese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Porcelain Horse Sculpture by Saegusa Sotaro, Mid 20th Century
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This porcelain horse sculpture, created by the esteemed Japanese artist Saegusa Sotaro, exemplifies the graceful synthesis of traditional Japanese culture and abstract art elements. ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Japanese Stoneware Dishes, Set of Eight
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Set of eight vintage Japanese stoneware dishes, in the shape of bamboo with gilded interior. Each piece sold individually. Please ...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

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Gold Leaf

Exquisite Hand-Signed Arita Porcelain Vase, Contemporary Masterpiece by Yasushi
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Introducing a breathtaking contemporary Japanese vase crafted by the renowned porcelain artist Yasushi, who worked in Arita during the mid t...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Landscape Showa Period Japanese 20th Century Porcelain Kutani Etsuzan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Lovely and detailed piece with a great decoration of a poem and landscape Condition Overall Condition some enamel loss and 1 small chip to rim. Size 193x135x28mm D...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Showa period Japanese 20th Century Porcelain Kutani Bird Plate in Box
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and detailed piece with a great decoration of a bird in a garden scene. Condition Overall condition perfect (but crackled). Size 225 x 25mm D x H Period 20th century.
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20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Showa Period Pale Blue Cloisonné Vase by Tamura
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large Japanese cloisonne enamel vase by Tamura This large high shouldered vase has a single stylized blossom against a spray of foliage within scalloped borders in shades of turqu...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Enamel

Showa Period Tall Deep Green Ground Cloisonne Vase
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Showa period tall deep green ground cloisonne vase, with three white and pink orchids, silvered metal mounts, Japanese, mid-20th century.
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Showa Period Tall Cream Ground Cloisonne Vase
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Showa period tall cream ground cloisonne vase, with two orchids and four spikey leaves, Japanese, mid 20th century.
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Unusual Showa Period Cloisonné Vase
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual Showa period cloisonné vase, of squat ovoid form with continuous guilloche in turquoise and green enamels enclosing abstract designs in blue, y...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Showa Ceramics

Materials

Enamel

Showa Period Green Ground Cloisonne Vase
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Showa period green ground cloisonne vase, with two white and pink orchids, chrome mounts. Attributed to Ando. Japanese, circa 1950.  
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1950s Japanese Vintage Showa Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Showa ceramics for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Showa ceramics for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage ceramics created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include asian art and furniture, decorative objects, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Showa ceramics made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and Japan pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original ceramics, popular names associated with this style include Shoji Hamada, Rosanjin Kitaoji, Tatsuzo Shimaoka, and Tamura. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for ceramics differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $55 and tops out at $7,500 while the average work can sell for $1,204.

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