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Hagi Vase by Kaneta Masanao/Hamanaka Previews
Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Sculptural Contemporary: item #767375
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230,000 yen--Exchange Rates at www.xe.com/ucc/
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It's been a Kaneta Hagi week of sorts and here is the last-fab work that speaks once again of majestic mountains and waterfalls; it changes temperament with every turn and is an outstanding example of Kaneta's work in a medium size, 26cm.tallx19cm, signed on base and with a signed box. Hamanaka Gesson works to be offered soon, previews on request.
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Hanaire by Unokawa Kazumasa (i)
Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Sculptural Contemporary: item #758487
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$590 - on hold
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This splendid hanaire (vase) was made by a potter named Unokawa Kazumasa, a master craftsman of Tenmoku pottery, one of the most difficult to make. This particular piece is a more personal work by the potter, who likes to delve into less rigorous creative fields than the domain of Tenmoku ware. Yet here, too, the astral connection to the work of the artist is reflected in this original moon shaped vase.
Unokawa Kazumasa was born in Nara in 1952, not far from Kyoto. He never had a mentor and ... Click for details
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Yakishime Ceramic Objet D'Art by Ito Keiji
Artisan and Design: Ceramics: Pottery: Sculptural Pre 2000: item #750494
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250,000 yen--Exchange Rates at Exchange Rates at www.xe.com/ucc/
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Ito Keiji(b.1935) works in the hills outside Toki city, not far from the legendary kilns of the Momoyama period. He straddles a world of craftsman works combined with his purely artistic essays in clay. Yesterday we offered the former and here is a famous example of the latter; it appears on page 11 of Ito's 'The best selections of contemporary ceramics in Japan' vol.27 from the 100 volume set published in 1992. The work was fired in Ito's anagama and shows a covering of natural ash-glaze as wel... Click for details
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