Private collection, JapanPhillips, New York, 'Design', 17 December 2008, lot 105
Morihiro Wada: Ceramics, sobo in Soho, exh. cat., Tokyo, 1990, no. 7 for a comparable vessel
1985Stoneware, coloured slips and glazes with designs incised and inlaid into the body.56.7 x 38.6 x 25.7 cm (22 3/8 x 15 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.)Incised with artist's monogram and dated. Together with signed wooden box.
Estimate£8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £22,680
Antonia King Head of Sale, Design Antonia.King@phillips.com Ben Williams Ceramics Consultant BWilliams@phillips.com Marijke Varrall-Jones Director, Maak marijke@maaklondon.com
London Auction in association with Maak
1
Bernard Leach
Charger with 'Tree of Life' design
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £97,020
2
Shoji Hamada
Early vase
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £9,450
3
Lucie Rie
Early and rare bowl and saucer
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £63,000
4
Hans Coper
Large dish
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,240
5
Early vase with carved design
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £8,190
6
Bowl with chrysanthemum design
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,600
7
Michael Cardew
Large jar with handles
Sold for £4,032
8
Ladi Kwali
'Aeroplane Water Pot'
Estimate £6,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £132,300
9
Rare large flower vase
10
Monumental 'Writhlington School' pot
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £554,400
11
James Tower
'Sea Piece'
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £94,500
12
Sueharu Fukami
'Haruka no Kei <Ku he>' or 'Distant View: 'To the Sky''
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
13
Kitaōji Rosanjin
'Iga' type jar
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £32,760
14
Shirō Tsujimura
'Fused Jars'
Sold for £6,930
15
This lot is no longer available.
16
Shōji Kamoda
Jar
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £35,280
17
Peter Voulkos
Dish
Sold for £10,710
18
Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye
Large open bowl
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
19
Gutte Eriksen
Monumental jar with lugs
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,300
20
Jar with lugs
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ‡♠
21
Ewen Henderson
Vessel
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,292
22
Sack form
23
Charles Vyse
'Tzu-Chou' vase
Sold for £4,662
24
Large vase
Sold for £3,024
25
26
William Staite Murray
Estimate £6,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
27
Conical bowl on foot
Sold for £6,048
28
Margaret Rey
Vase
Estimate £500 - 700 ‡♠
Sold for £1,008
29
Thomas 'Sam' Haile
Vase with surrealist designs
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ‡
30
Dish with surrealist design
31
William Newland
Dish with fish design
Sold for £4,788
32
'Horse and Rider' dish
Sold for £4,410
33
Dish with inscription by William Blake
Sold for £11,340
34
Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie
Sold for £2,772
35
Plate
36
Early dish with tree
Sold for £25,200
37
Large tile with design of bird feeding its young
Sold for £23,940
38
Charger with design of bird feeding its young
Sold for £37,800
39
40
Large tile with Etruscan style octopus
41
Early jug
Sold for £1,890
42
Bowl with 'Bird with Five Eggs' design
43
Sold for £1,764
44
Jar with handles
Sold for £8,820
45
Henry Bergen and Michael Cardew
Charger
46
Norah Braden
Bowl
47
Sold for £5,670
48
Sold for £2,016
49
50
51
Early jar
52
53
Rare early vase
54
Bowl with fish design
55
Bowl with cherry tree design
Sold for £17,640
56
Kenkichi Tomimoto
Rare early dish
57
Early rectangular dish in the style of Ogata Kenzan
Sold for £13,860
58
Large tile with design of a raging bull
Sold for £3,528
59
Tile with willow design
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ‡♠
Sold for £3,780
60
Attributed to Bernard Leach
Framed tile with design of climbing kiln
Sold for £2,520
61
Albarello jar
62
'Crysanthemum' bowl
63
Early vase with handles
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
64
Early pot with carved design
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ‡
Sold for £2,268
65
Large bowl
Sold for £7,560
66
Rare and early large pot
67
Rare early pot
68
Sold for £16,380
69
Cup
Sold for £15,750
70
Footed bowl
71
'Poppy Head' pot
Sold for £151,200
72
Globular pot with linear design
73
Monumental vase
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
74
Squeezed bowl
75
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
76
77
Sold for £207,900
78
79
'Thistle' form
Sold for £100,800
80
Sold for £119,700
81
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £189,000
82
Monumental ovoid pot
Sold for £651,700
83
Rare footed bowl
Sold for £18,900
84
Footed vessel
Sold for £21,420
85
Planter
86
'Spade' form
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
87
Bulb bowl
88
Squared flower vase
Estimate £14,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
89
Ovoid pot with disc top
Sold for £163,800
90
Large 'Bell' form
Sold for £516,600
91
Open bowl
Sold for £75,600
92
Sold for £113,400
93
Vase with flaring lip
94
Tall vase with flaring lip
Sold for £44,100
95
Sold for £15,120
96
Ovoid vessel
Sold for £138,600
97
Cup on stand
Sold for £60,480
98
Sold for £220,500
99
Oval bowl
Sold for £88,200
100
Rare vase with flaring lip
Sold for £81,900
101
Sold for £40,320
102
Sold for £31,500
103
Rare evolved 'Spade' form
Sold for £252,000
104
'Black firing' vase with flaring lip
Estimate £12,000 - 16,000 ‡♠
105
'Black firing' bowl
106
‘Cycladic’ arrow form
Sold for £277,200
107
Medieval style pitcher
108
109
Lamp base with willow design
110
111
Fluted vase
Sold for £20,160
112
'Leaping Salmon' vase
Sold for £17,010
113
'Pilgrim' dish
114
David Leach
Large gobular vase
115
Bowl with 'Basket' pattern
Sold for £4,284
116
Water pot
117
Sold for £3,276
118
Yuzō Kondō
Jar with thistle design
119
120
Pitcher
121
Janet Leach
Large bottle vase with lugs
122
123
Tatsuzo Shimaoka
124
Lugged vase
125
Uichi Shimizu
126
William Marshall
Tall bottle vase
127
Richard Batterham
Pair of tall baluster vases
128
Gertrud Vasegaard
'Basin'
129
Four jars
130
Ian Godfrey
Large white chest of drawers
131
'Fox Box'
132
Mary Rogers
Large flared bowl
133
Large 'Convoluted' bowl
134
Ursula Morley-Price
'Ruffle Form'
Sold for £5,040
135
136
Donald Locke
Pair of 'Male and Female' vessels
137
'Twin Form Relief' wall hanging
138
Elizabeth Fritsch
'Moon Pocket'
Sold for £11,970
139
Vessel, 'Dark Windows'
140
Alison Britton
'Blue Jug'
Sold for £10,080
141
Morihiro Wada
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
142
Shõko Koike
Lidded 'Shell Vessel'
Sold for £52,920
143
Monica Young
Large 'Tulip' form
144
Claudi Casanovas
Monumental wall piece
145
Colin Pearson
Vase with wide 'Wings'
146
Gordon Baldwin
'2 Piece' sculptural form
Sold for £2,394
147
John Ward
Bowl with inverted rim
148
Bowl with stepped rim
149
Bud form bowl
150
Ryûichi Kakurezaki
'Bizen' style flower vase
151
'Kohiki' style vase
152
Nicholas Homoky
Three bowls
153
Richard Slee
'Lidded Jar'
154
Junko Kitamura
155
Yô Akiyama
'T-59'
156
Angus Suttie
'Sculpture in the Form of a Teapot'
157
Stacked vessel
158
Monumental Bowl
159
Bodil Manz
'Sandcast Jar in Porcelain'
160
Martin Bodilsen Kaldahl
'Other Planes' vase
161
Edmund de Waal
Tall lidded jar
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
162
Low cylinder
163
Akiko Hirai
Moon Jar
Sold for £27,720