Artist: Makoto Kagoshima (b. 1967)
Title: The Bear Having His Cake and Eating It Too
Dimensions: 6.5" Diameter
Medium: Earthenware, glaze
Edition: Unique 1/1 original — double-sided work (personally signed and hand-illustrated on verso)
Provenance: Artist | Chariots on Fire
Availability: Exclusive to Chariots on Fire, Venice (Curated in California since 2006)
Care: Food safe; hand wash recommended
Fulfillment: Ships insured from Venice, CA (Local pickup available). Inquire directly for a custom domestic or international shipping quote.
Terms: All sales final
Exclusively presented by Chariots on Fire, The Bear Having His Cake and Eating It Too is a delightful, one-of-a-kind ceramic work by Japanese artist Makoto Kagoshima. Rendered in Kagoshima's signature sgraffito line work, the whimsical composition depicts a bear reclining on his back with a cake stand balanced on his belly, fork in hand, enjoying a moment of pure bliss.
Adding extraordinary collector value, this double-sided original features a personal hand-drawn botanical illustration alongside the artist's signature on the verso.
Across 11 commissioned exhibitions from 2013 to 2021, Chariots on Fire has uniquely presented Kagoshima’s ceramic works. A landmark 2021 exhibition launched the first Makoto Kagoshima × Chariots on Fire × Christopher Farr rug collection—a 1/1 series inspired by and designed to mirror the artist's one-of-a-kind ceramics. That success directly expanded into fine textiles and wallpaper, leading to the next iteration of rugs arriving in 2027: The Make It Your Own Collection.
“What I create for Chariots embodies Los Angeles,” says Kagoshima.
Brought to Los Angeles by the gallerist who discovered his work for his first U.S. exhibition, this piece sits at the very heart of Kagoshima’s origin story with Chariots on Fire.
The Evolution of Form Extending his painterly botanical lines beyond the kiln, our ongoing collaboration with premier rug maker Christopher Farr translates Kagoshima’s signature sgraffito illustrations into large-scale, 1/1 hand-knotted textiles woven from raw Afghan Ghazni wool.
— Discover the complete studio lineage and historic U.S. & Japan exhibition history in Happenings.
Artist: Makoto Kagoshima (b. 1967)
Title: The Bear Having His Cake and Eating It Too
Dimensions: 6.5" Diameter
Medium: Earthenware, glaze
Edition: Unique 1/1 original — double-sided work (personally signed and hand-illustrated on verso)
Provenance: Artist | Chariots on Fire
Availability: Exclusive to Chariots on Fire, Venice (Curated in California since 2006)
Care: Food safe; hand wash recommended
Fulfillment: Ships insured from Venice, CA (Local pickup available). Inquire directly for a custom domestic or international shipping quote.
Terms: All sales final
Exclusively presented by Chariots on Fire, The Bear Having His Cake and Eating It Too is a delightful, one-of-a-kind ceramic work by Japanese artist Makoto Kagoshima. Rendered in Kagoshima's signature sgraffito line work, the whimsical composition depicts a bear reclining on his back with a cake stand balanced on his belly, fork in hand, enjoying a moment of pure bliss.
Adding extraordinary collector value, this double-sided original features a personal hand-drawn botanical illustration alongside the artist's signature on the verso.
Across 11 commissioned exhibitions from 2013 to 2021, Chariots on Fire has uniquely presented Kagoshima’s ceramic works. A landmark 2021 exhibition launched the first Makoto Kagoshima × Chariots on Fire × Christopher Farr rug collection—a 1/1 series inspired by and designed to mirror the artist's one-of-a-kind ceramics. That success directly expanded into fine textiles and wallpaper, leading to the next iteration of rugs arriving in 2027: The Make It Your Own Collection.
“What I create for Chariots embodies Los Angeles,” says Kagoshima.
Brought to Los Angeles by the gallerist who discovered his work for his first U.S. exhibition, this piece sits at the very heart of Kagoshima’s origin story with Chariots on Fire.
The Evolution of Form Extending his painterly botanical lines beyond the kiln, our ongoing collaboration with premier rug maker Christopher Farr translates Kagoshima’s signature sgraffito illustrations into large-scale, 1/1 hand-knotted textiles woven from raw Afghan Ghazni wool.
— Discover the complete studio lineage and historic U.S. & Japan exhibition history in Happenings.
