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Joan B. Mirviss LTD Modern and Contemporary Japanese Ceramics and Fine Art
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Specializing in Japanese fine art for over thirty-five years, Joan B Mirviss LTD features Japanese screens and scrolls, woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), and modern and contemporary Japanese ceramics in its Madison Avenue Gallery. Joan B Mirviss LTD will continue to bring audiences in New York, around the country and abroad the very best in Japanese fine art, featuring solo shows by important ceramists

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Closing Soon — Kawase Shinobu: Endless Expressions in ClayKawase Shinobu (b. 1950), long considered the reigning master ...
09/02/2026

Closing Soon — Kawase Shinobu: Endless Expressions in Clay

Kawase Shinobu (b. 1950), long considered the reigning master of celadon in Japan, is best known for his unique array of astonishingly jade-like glazes that adorn his effortlessly elegant ceramic forms. Kawase’s success in this challenging medium can be attributed in part to his enduring commitment to experimentation. He has regularly taken sabbaticals from celadon to create works in other styles, like this one here. Over the course of his career, Kawase has mastered a range of techniques, including Chinese-style marbleized clay, charcoal firing, and ladle-poured matte glazing. During his most recent sabbatical last year, Kawase created a deeply personal body of unglazed vessels and Ido-style teabowls using clay from his wife's family rice field.

Browse this work and more at https://www.mirviss.com/exhibitions/203-kawase-shinobu-endless-expressions-in-clay-online-only/

Kawase Shinobu: Endless Expressions in Clay is one of two online-only pop-up solo exhibitions on view now at mirviss.com.

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Kawase Shinobu (b. 1950)
Tall single-stem vase with bulbous base, 2025
Unglazed stoneware
11 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.

Only one more week of Kawase Shinobu: Endless Expressions in Clay, one of two online-only pop-up solo exhibitions on vie...
08/31/2026

Only one more week of Kawase Shinobu: Endless Expressions in Clay, one of two online-only pop-up solo exhibitions on view now at mirviss.com!

This work by Kawase Shinobu is from his bottomless vessel (天地) series, a group of works made during a sabbatical from his trademark work in celadon. Its clay — a new material for Kawase — was taken from a rice paddy field owned by the artist's wife. In experimenting with this new substrate along with new, open forms, Kawase is also exploring perspective and the relationship between heaven and earth.

🔗 Browse this exhibition and more at the link in our bio.

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Kawase Shinobu (b. 1950)
Round unglazed open ring-shaped form, 2025
Unglazed stoneware
5 1/8 x 8 in.

08/29/2026

Opening September 10, 2026 — Patina of Time: The Clay Art of Iguchi Daisuke 🕰️

The meticulous process of yūri-kinsai is time-consuming and begins with unglazed bisque firing, creating a bare surface ...
08/26/2026

The meticulous process of yūri-kinsai is time-consuming and begins with unglazed bisque firing, creating a bare surface upon which the design is sketched in cobalt. Then, the cut and incised gold leaf is applied to the clay body. A layer of clear or lightly colored enamel is applied to the body before the second firing. Next, a painted design is sometimes applied to the enameled surface and the vessel is fired for a third time at a very low temperature to prevent melting the metal foil. As a result of this careful process, Ono’s works reveal a marvelous depth of surface and delicate, detailed designs that are enhanced by their elegance of form and an occasionally carved surface.

Ono Hakuko: A Golden Touch is one of two online-only pop-up solo exhibitions on view at mirviss.com. Browse the exhibition at https://www.mirviss.com/exhibitions/207-ono-hakuko-a-golden-touch-online-only/

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Ono Hakuko (1915-1996)
Large five-sided vase with translucent turquoise glaze, ca. 1980s
Glazed porcelain with underglaze gold leaf
12 1/4 x 9 7/8 in.

Celadon has long been considered one of the most challenging glazing styles to master, one that comes with notoriously h...
08/24/2026

Celadon has long been considered one of the most challenging glazing styles to master, one that comes with notoriously high attrition rates. Precise firing conditions are needed for the small amounts of iron oxide in the glaze formula to produce the characteristic jade-like tints of green or blue. The craquelure too is a natural product of the kiln, as the celadon glaze shrinks more quickly than the clay body it adorns.

Browse these incredible celadon works and more in Kawase Shinobu: Endless Expressions in Clay, one of two online-only pop-up solo exhibitions on view at mirviss.com.

Long considered the reigning master of celadon in Japan, Kawase Shinobu (b. 1950) is known for his unique array of aston...
08/17/2026

Long considered the reigning master of celadon in Japan, Kawase Shinobu (b. 1950) is known for his unique array of astonishingly jade-like glazes that adorn his effortlessly elegant ceramic forms. Kawase’s success in this challenging medium can be attributed in part to his enduring commitment to experimentation. He has regularly taken sabbaticals from celadon to create works in other styles. Over the course of his career, Kawase has mastered a range of techniques, including Chinese-style marbleized clay, charcoal firing, and ladle-poured matte glazing. During his most recent sabbatical last year, Kawase created a deeply personal body of unglazed vessels and Ido-style teabowls using clay from his wife's family rice field.

In this exhibition, we are delighted to feature the artist’s iconic celadon works alongside works from three of his sabbatical periods.

Kawase Shinobu: Endless Expressions in Clay is one of two online-only pop-up solo exhibitions on view at mirviss.com. Visit us at our website to browse available works!

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KAWASE SHINOBU (b. 1950)
Round covered box with lychee-inspired celadon glaze and pointed lid, ca. 2017
Porcelaneous stoneware
2 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.

KAWASE SHINOBU (b. 1950)
Round teabowl with ladle-poured black and white glazes, 1991
Glazed stoneware
3 1/2 x 5 x 4 1/4 in.

KAWASE SHINOBU (b. 1950)
Chinese inspired craquelure celadon vase, 1982
Porcelaneous stoneware with celadon glaze
10 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.

KAWASE SHINOBU (b. 1950)
Round unglazed open ring-shaped form, 2025
Unglazed stoneware
5 1/8 x 8 in.

08/15/2026

Katō Ryōtarō has mastered a wide range of aesthetic effects using historical ash-based glazes and wood firing techniques rooted in Japan’s medieval Mino kiln tradition. One of the most iconic ceramic styles to emerge from this region is Shino. Characterized by its creamy and unctuous feldspathic glaze and underglaze motifs in iron-oxide, Shino requires a high level of mastery to create successfully. Watch this video to learn more about Katō’s contemporary interpretation of this classic Japanese ceramic style.

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Shino Tea Bowl with Bridge and Shrine, Known as “Bridge of the Gods” (Shinkyō)
Momoyama period (1573–1615), late 16th–early 17th century
Stoneware with iron oxide under glaze (Mino ware, Shino type)
H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Diam. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015. 2015.300.271. Metropolitan Museum of Art

Water-Dropper (Suiteki) in Raccoon Dog Shape
Momoyama period (1573–1615), early 17th century
Stoneware with iron under feldspar glaze (Mino ware, E-Shino type)
H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Gift of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger, 2024. 2024.553.26. Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tea Bowl, Named “Furisode (Swinging Sleeves)”
Azuchi-Momoyama–Edo period, 16th–17th century
Stoneware with underglaze brown (Mino ware, Shino style)
G-5749. Tokyo National Museum
https://colbase.nich.go.jp/collection_items/tnm/G-5749

Katō Ryōtarō (b. 1974)
Straight-sided waterjar with unctuous Shino glaze, iron oxide underglaze splash motif, and matching knobbed lid, 2026
Glazed stoneware
6 5/8 x 6 5/8 in.
Courtesy of Joan B Mirviss LTD

Katō Ryōtarō's tunnel kiln, 2026

Museum Highlight — The Floating World Emerges: Japanese Prints from the Clarence Buckingham Collection at Art Institute ...
08/12/2026

Museum Highlight — The Floating World Emerges: Japanese Prints from the Clarence Buckingham Collection at Art Institute Chicago

"The ideology that would become known as the floating world (ukiyo) developed following the great fire of 1657 in which vast portions of the city of Edo (now Tokyo) were destroyed.

Just a few years after that fire, in 1665, author Asai Ryōi described what this attitude was: 'living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maples, singing songs, drinking wine, and diverting ourselves just in floating, floating, caring not a whit for the poverty staring us in the face, refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current: This is what we call ukiyo.'” —

The Floating World Emerges: Japanese Prints from the Clarence Buckingham Collection is curated by Janice Katz, Roger L. Weston Curator of Japanese Art, Arts of Asia.

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Kaigetsudo Anchi
Courtesan Walking, 1709–1719
Hand-colored woodblock print; tan-e, vertical o-oban
55.2 × 28.8 cm (21 3/4 × 11 3/8 in.)
Clarence Buckingham Collection
1925.1741

Sugimura Jihei
An Interrupted Embrace, 1680–1690
Hand-colored woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e
27 × 37.8 cm (10 5/8 × 14 7/8 in.)
Clarence Buckingham Collection
1925.1687

Ishikawa Toyonobu
The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as a courtesan, 1742–1752
Hand-colored woodblock print; vertical oban diptych, beni-e
69.6 × 25.2 cm (27 1/2 × 10 in.)
Clarence Buckingham Collection
1925.2252

Ono Hakuko (1915–1996) was a pioneering Japanese woman ceramist of the twentieth century. After mastering the exceptiona...
08/10/2026

Ono Hakuko (1915–1996) was a pioneering Japanese woman ceramist of the twentieth century. After mastering the exceptionally difficult yūri-kinsai (gold leaf underglaze) technique from Living National Treasure Katō Hajime (1900–1968), Ono dedicated her artistic career to refining the technique according to her own aesthetics. She created her mesmerizing, often geometric designs by carefully arranging gold leaf on the vessel’s surface before applying clear or lightly colored translucent overglaze. This process allowed her to create works with a remarkable degree of depth—her gold leaf patterns shimmer through layers of glass-like surface.

Ono Hakuko: A Golden Touch is one of two online-only pop-up solo exhibitions on our website now. Browse the exhibition at https://www.mirviss.com/exhibitions/207-ono-hakuko-a-golden-touch-online-only/

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Ono Hakuko (1915-1996)
Globular vase with pair of doves and flower pattern, ca. 1980
Glazed porcelain with underglaze gold leaf
7 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.

08/08/2026

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