Koie Ryōji

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Koie, Ryoji, Koie Ryoji, contemporary, ceramics, Japanese, pottery, clay, kohiki, glaze, waterjar, water jar, mizusashi, calligraphic, design, decoration, incised, iron, glaze, black, white, brown, lacquer, lid, stoneware, 2008

Kohiki-glazed water jar with calligraphic decoration in iron glaze and a fitted black lacquer lid

ca. 2008-2010

Glazed stoneware

7 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.

Inv# 9258

SOLD

Rounded vessel

2005

Stoneware with oribe glaze

7 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches

Inv# 5693

SOLD

Koie Ryōji (b. 1938)

Large stoneware vessel with green oribe glaze

2002

13 1/4 x 10 3/4

Inv# 2997

Koie, Ryoji, Koie Ryoji, contemporary, ceramics, Japanese, pottery, clay, green, oribe, glaze, round, vessel, dragonfly, eye, effect, incised, decoration, 2000, stoneware

Green oribe-glazed round vessel with multiple “dragonfly-eye” effect on bottom and incised decoration

ca. 2000

Glazed stoneware

10 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.

Inv# 8051

SOLD

Koie Ryōji (b. 1938)

Dark brown, oribe-glazed tsubo (vessel) with splash patterning in iron-oxide and incised abstract patterning

1991

Glazed stoneware

11 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.

Inv# 11185

SOLD

Koie, Ryoji, Koie Ryoji, contemporary, ceramics, Japanese, pottery, clay, blue, green, brown, oribe, glaze, low, sake, cup, guinomi, incised, design, 1985, stoneware

Blue-green and brown oribe-glazed low sake cup with incised abstract designs on exterior wall

ca. 1985

Glazed stoneware

1 5/8 x 2 3/4 inches

Inv# 8181

SOLD

Biography

Born in Tokoname in 1938, one of the oldest ceramic centers in Japan, Koie Ryoji studied ceramics locally until 1966 when he began working independently. One of the most versatile and forward-thinking of Japan’s contemporary artists, Koie is best known as a ceramist. His love for experimentation has led to his creation of “ceramic happenings,” with themes that are social and often political critiques of the horrors of the 20^th century.