Unique Large Japanese Oribe-ware Chair by Suzuki Gorô 鈴木五郎

Magnificent and large Japanese organically-shaped oval stoneware vase decorated with a granular deep blue colour (seirôsai), titled: ‘Ginga yô’ (far a...

A massive and exceptional bamboo hanakago (ikebana flower basket). The unusual and modernist basket with a loop handle and showing fine wickerwork in thick strips of bamboo of a ligh...

Exquisite white glazed porcelain figure (okimono) of a sitting child holding a spray of chrysanthemum flowers with cobalt blue glazed leaves in its hand, by Sakaida Kakiemon XII (1878–1963). The milk white glaze is called nigoshide a type of technique which was not continued at the end of the Edo period, and is the famous rediscovery done by Sakaida Kakiemon XII in 1953. The bottom signed ‘Kakiemon’. Sakaida Kakiemon XII assumed the family title on the death of his father, Sakaida Kakiemon XI, in 1917. Earlier he had graduated from the Arita Apprentice School and then studied ceramics with his father. Initially he worked in the traditional Kakiemon style, echoing the work of his forbears in the 17th and 18th centuries. He began working with his own son in 1924, after the future Kakiemon XIII graduated from the Arita Industrial School. Together in 1953 they succeeded in recreating the classical Kakiemon technique for producing a nigoshide milky-white porcelain body. This technique was designated a national cultural treasure meriting preservation and protection by the Cultural Protection Committee in 1955. That same year he exhibited at the 2nd Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition (Nihon Dento Kogei-ten) for the first time, winning a prize for his entry. In 1958, he exhibited at the World Exposition...

Alluring, well-made Kamakura-bori (lit. Kamakura carved) solid wooden étagère table with elaborate carvings depicting a bed of lotus leaves and buds. The top surface with natural flo...

"Chaise Bergère" by Agnès Debizet Material: Stoneware, porcelain slip Dimensions: H 83 x 45 x 64 cm Year: 2019 Type: Unique piece, dated and signed. The chair « Bergère » is a...

Contemporary Japanese style chair. Rather sculpture than chair. Made of rusted steel, ceramic, and wood. Base is steel. Seat is ceramic. Arm pane...

The Yakisugi Chair is one of MODU Studio’s most sculptural and iconic creations—an embodiment of craftsmanship, tradition, and contemporary form. Each piece is meticulously hand-scu...

"Africana Chair" in solid basswood, with leather seat by Yohance Lacour. Designed by Norman Teague and produced by Norman Teague Design Studios, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2020.