# Akiko Hirai - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T16:24:50.978Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 31
- Lots with prices: 23
- First auction date: 2020-06-23
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-17
- Median realised price: $300
- Price range: $90 to $1,300

## Market Takeaway
Akiko Hirai has 31 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 24 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($300\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($200 to $650\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 91.3% (21 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 8.7% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 24
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $250
- Previous 12 months median: $220
- Median shift: 13.6%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-17
- Days since latest sale: 42
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Adam Partridge Auctioneers: 9 lots
- Tate Ward Auctions: 6 lots
- Mallams: 5 lots
- Sworders: 5 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 2 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 2 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-10 | Akiko Hirai \(Japanese 1970\-\), 'Tea Set' | Tate Ward Auctions | £700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-akiko-hirai-japanese-1970-tea-set-4-c-8dcc958c62
2. 2025-09-18 | Akiko Hirai \(Japanese 1970\-\), 'Tea Set' | Tate Ward Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-akiko-hirai-japanese-1970-tea-set-35-c-edb493fb58
3. 2025-01-07 | AKIKO HIRAI \(JAPANESE, B.1970\-\), DOMED VESSEL, MODERN | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | N/A
4. 2024-11-15 | AKIKO HIRAI \(born 1970\); a stoneware teapot with willow handle covered in celadon glaze with porcelain inclusions and iron staining, height 13cm \(excluding handle\). | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £220 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-akiko-hirai-born-1970-a-stoneware-teapot-with-willow-handle-covered-in-celadon-glaze-with-porcelain-inclusions-and-iron-staining-height-13cm-excluding-handle-145-c-f294222b94
5. 2026-03-17 | Akiko Hirai \(Japanese 1970\-\), 'Moon Jar', circa 2023 | Tate Ward Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-akiko-hirai-japanese-1970-moon-jar-circa-2023-117-c-db914917df
6. 2025-12-11 | Akiko Hirai \(b.1970\) Sake Flask stoneware, with encrusted detail and light green glaze signed to the base 14cm high. | Mallams | £240
7. 2025-12-11 | Akiko Hirai \(b.1970\) Bowl dry kohiki stoneware signed to the base 14.5cm diameter x 9cm high. | Mallams | £170
8. 2025-12-10 | Akiko Hirai \(Japanese 1970\-\), 'Moon Jar', circa 2023 | Tate Ward Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-akiko-hirai-japanese-1970-moon-jar-circa-2023-145-c-4071c82dea
9. 2025-11-21 | AKIKO HIRAI \(born 1970\); a small stoneware flower petal bowl covered in dry kohiki glaze, painted mark, diameter 12cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £170
10. 2025-11-21 | AKIKO HIRAI \(born 1970\); a small faceted stoneware bottle covered in cream glaze, incised AH mark, height 8.5cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £160
11. 2025-11-21 | AKIKO HIRAI \(born 1970\); a pair of faceted stoneware Morandi bottles, incised AH marks, height 24cm \(2\). | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £460
12. 2025-11-21 | AKIKO HIRAI \(born 1970\); a faceted stoneware cup covered in mottled grey glaze with copper green blushes, painted mark, height 8cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £90
13. 2025-11-21 | AKIKO HIRAI \(born 1970\); a faceted stoneware cup covered in cream glaze, height 7.5cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £95
14. 2025-10-31 | AKIKO HIRAI \(JAPANESE 1970\-\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £800
15. 2025-10-31 | AKIKO HIRAI \(JAPANESE 1970\-\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £650
16. 2025-10-21 | Akiko Hirai \(Japanese, b.1970\), | Sworders | £1,300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-akiko-hirai-japanese-b-1970-409-c-5b4ab28b19
17. 2025-09-18 | Akiko Hirai \(Japanese 1970\-\), 'Monumental Moon Jar', circa 2023 | Tate Ward Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-akiko-hirai-japanese-1970-monumental-moon-jar-circa-2023-135-c-ef74fd498b
18. 2025-09-18 | Akiko Hirai \(Japanese 1970\-\), 'Moon Jar', circa 2023 | Tate Ward Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-akiko-hirai-japanese-1970-moon-jar-circa-2023-134-c-55443d0823
19. 2025-07-18 | AKIKO HIRAI \(born 1970\); a stoneware teapot with willow handle and textured surface covered in grey and white glaze with iron staining, impressed mark, height 12.5cm \(excluding handle\). | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-akiko-hirai-born-1970-a-stoneware-teapot-with-willow-handle-and-textured-surface-covered-in-grey-and-white-glaze-with-iron-staining-impressed-mark-height-12-5cm-excluding-handle-11-c-c0f45bdaf0
20. 2025-07-18 | AKIKO HIRAI \(born 1970\); a stoneware seed pod with textured surface covered in pitted white glaze, incised AH mark, height 12.5cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £250
21. 2025-07-18 | AKIKO HIRAI \(born 1970\); a near pair of stoneware chawan with textured surfaces covered in grey and shino glaze with applied porcelain daubed to the base of one, largest diameter 10.5cm \(2\). | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £200
22. 2025-07-08 | Akiko Hirai \(Japanese, b.1970\), | Sworders | £500
23. 2025-06-19 | Akiko Hirai \(b.1970\) Chawan with cream glaze and facet\-cut sides unmarked 8cm high, 12.5cm diameter. | Mallams | £320
24. 2025-06-19 | Akiko Hirai \(b.1970\) Two small seed pod vases encrusted white glaze both with painted potter's cipher 7.5cm and 7cm high \(2\). | Mallams | £300

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