Yeap Poh Chap
Shallow footed bowl, porcelain with tenmoku glaze.
This shallow footed bowl is one of Chap's most simple and classic forms. Single colour glazed bowls reached the height of refinement and purity in the Ming period. The rich black tenmoku on this bowl breaks to rust around the rim giving the finest of counter points to the dense black tenmoku glaze. Yeap Poh Chap has with this piece captured all the subtlety of the original Chinese form.

Size, h.9.0cms Ø. 17.0.cms
Signed Yeap script engraved to inside footring
Private Collection

Ian Godfrey (1942-1992)
A wonderful yunomi (teacup) segmented with a carved design, stoneware. Each of the four panels has been carved back through a thickly applied slip with a different scene.
Though Godfrey is best known for his sculptural ceramics this piece by him shows a real understanding of the yunomi form.
Size, h.9.0cms Ø. 10.0.cms

Private Collection, Israel.

H.8.5 cm; Diam, 8.0 cm

Private Collection

The Leach Pottery, St.Ives.
Standard Ware Bowls decorated with what has become known as the Z design. These bowls which were produced in the two sizes as shown in the image demonstrate The Leach Pottery's production values and represent work of the highest quality. Though known as Z bowls the pattern is in fact based on the Japanese character kó which can be translated into the English word "Craft"
Largest bowl Size, h.11.0cms Ø. 22.5.cms
As with most of the standard ware production these two bowls are impressed with SI signifying St.Ives and England.
Private Collection

Raku Chawan, Rakunyu
(possibly by Yoshimura Rakunyu II)
Raku Chawan, classic black raku glaze. Purchased from Bonhams in 1992. This bowl was part of a small group of contemporary Japanese ceramics in an early Bonhams auction, Contemporary Ceramics: Master Works. The bowl is signed and also has a signed kibako.Size, h.8.5cms Ø. 11.0.cms
Private Collection