Comprising:
A sake cup decorated with a rope impressed pattern and a roundel with a brushed overglaze floral motif, mark of Shimaoka Tatsuzo to edge of foot, fitted wood box signed and sealed Tatsuzo and inscribed Zogan akae sokamon guinomi [sake cup inlaid and decorated in a red glaze with floral motif]
A tea bowl with uneven surface decorated in a cobalt blue glaze to the exterior and inner rim, the interior with a crackled cream glaze, attributed to Kawai Kanjiro
A lidded vessel, with abstract design to the cover in high relief, decorated overall in a cobalt glaze, fitted wood box signed Kawai Hirotsugu (Kawai Hirotsugu b. 1919) and inscribed Gosu gosu [small box and cover decorated in a cobalt-blue glaze]
Two sake cups, each with abstract motif in high relief, one decorated in a blue glaze, the other white, both with fitted wood boxes signed Toshitaka (Kawai Toshitaka b. 1946) and inscribed respectively:
Gosu sakazuki [cobalt-blue sake cup]
Shiro sakazuki [white sake cup]
A sake cup decorated in a tenmoku glaze, maker's mark to base, with fitted wood box signed and sealed Shoichi (Kamiya Shoichi, 1948-2014) and inscribed Guinomi [sake cup]


5.4 cm. (2⅛ in.) high
14 cm. (5½ in.) diam.
8.9 cm. (3½ in.) high
5.7 cm. (2¼ in.) high
5.7 cm. (2¼ in.) high
6 cm. (2⅜ in.) high

Please note this lot is the property of a private consignor.

The tea bowl, lidded vessel and two sake cups are published in: Mingei International Museum, Martha W. Longenecker, ed., Mingei of Japan: The Legacy of The Founders - Soetsu Yanagi, Shoji Hamada, Kanjiro Kawai, (California, 2006), p. 125, 127, 128-9