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n Kuroda Ryoji's 1969 book 'Contemporary Chawan' he called Tamaoki Yasuo one of Mino's five great 'hopefuls' who, along with Kato Seizo, Kato Takuo, Kato Kozo, and Suzuki Osamu, would carry Mino into the future. Well, two of this group are Living National Treasures and one is a Gifu Prefecture Treasure, while Tamaoki was named a Tajimi City Intangible Cultural Property in 2002. Unfortunately, Seizo passed from this world too early to see his star rise, yet his son Yasukage would surely make his father proud. Tamaoki(b.1941) has had an impressive career, living up to Kuroda's prediction, that also includes winning the prestigious Japan Ceramic Society Prize in 1979. His list of exhibitions at leading department store galleries and private galleries is very long indeed and he was featured in the 1993 'Modern Japanese Ceramics in American Collections' held at the Japan Society in New York City. Anyway, this is an early ripe Shino vase that has a fine form and glazing scheme; finger impressions are seen where Tamaoki held the piece while glazing and on some areas it appears as if white Shino 'waves' are washing ashore. A fine piece in perfect condition with a signed box, 23.5cm.tallx20.3.
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