Mid-Century Modern Japanese Ceramic Ikebana Bowl or Planter

Round Suiban Ikebana bowl vase with hints of verdigris. The bronze piece showcases a floral motif around the exterior of the bowl and sits atop three pointed feet. Dimensions 12” di...

70s Huge Mid Century Modern Sculpture Japanese Crescent Ikebana Planter Vase Spectacular Large Mid Century Modern Gloss Black Toyo Sculptural Planter, Vase or Table top Centerpiece...

Small stoneware planter. Two glaze chips or loss, one on each rectangular foot, quite small, pictured. Retains partial label.

Ikebana Ceramic Banana Leaf Shaped Tray / Bowl / Planter, Japan c.1955.

Interesting variation on the most popular ikebana form form the Mid-Century Era. Procured from a Washington DC estate.

Toyo Modernist Two Tiered Ceramic Planter / Vase, Japan c.1965.

Japanese Ikebana Ceramic Vase, Japan, 20th Century.

Modernist Ikebana Ceramic Vase, Japan, 20th Century

Mid-Century German Studio Pottery Bowl or Ikebana Vase from BKW Böttger Keramik Wandsbek, Hamburg, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution...

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...