Bizen Stacked Boxes by Wakimoto Hiroyuki
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Contemporary item# 879592
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88,000 yen--Exchange Rates at www.xe.com/ucc/
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Wakimoto Hiroyuki (b.1952), along with contemporary and fellow Isezaki Jun (current Living National Treasure for Bizen) lineage apprentice Kakurezaki Ryuichi, is one of the major proponents of Bizen's Heisei Revolution. Kakurezaki and Wakimoto brought to Bizen a innovative new sense of design and form that differentiated itself from the Momoyama Restoration of the earlier 20th century (by the likes of Kaneshige Toyo, Yamamoto Toshu, Fujiwara Kei). It's interesting to note that both Wakim ...click for details
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Iga Vase by Kishimoto Kennin
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Pre 2000 item# 865752
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Kishimoto Kennin(b.1934) is a master ceramic artist who has fired numerous styles that include Shino, Ki-Seto, Oribe, Celadon and Iga. He obviously was very inspired by Okabe Mineo's conquests in mastering various styles. His Iga, though, has always been my personal favorite starting back in the late 80s when I first visited him. Here is a bold, creased Iga vase with a fine firing; it stands alone as a mountain figure, yet is waiting for flowers to really bring the piece to life. In perfect ...click for details
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Two Tall Oribe 'Yo' by Koie Ryoji
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Contemporary item# 820618
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We all know Koie is a world-wide celebrated ceramic artist and since Robert returned from LA yesterday he saw it fitting to offer these two Koies, having seen that a major LA museum is moving into contemporary Japanese ceramic art; a great thing indeed! The tall forms each have a round 'ball' that is more of 'partner' to the tall form rather than a top. The clay is Shigaraki. The taller one is 44cm.tall with the ball at 8.4cm.tall; the other is 30.6cm.tall with the balla t ...click for details
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