Massive Shigaraki Vase Tsubo by great Rakusai Takahashi III
Directory: Artists: Ceramics: Pottery: Vases: Pre 1980: Item # 1338548
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Richard van Norten - by appointment
Avenue Royal - Luxembourg / Europe
A massive (almost 2 kg) Shigaraki Vase by famous Rakusai Takahashi III, enclosed in its originally signed wood box.
The tsubo displays the landscape of fire color (hi-iro), scorch (koge) and burst rocks (ishihaze).
Rakusai (1900 - 1976) was considered as one of the true masters of Shigaraki and Iga-yaki, along with Naokata and later Michio. He worked toward the revival of Kamakura and Muromachi wares, and came to the world stage when he won international acclaim after being prized at the 1958 Brussels Exposition. He was later named a Shiga-ken Juyo Mukei Bunkazai and is credited as one of the artists that saved Japanese pottery from extinction in the post-war years. He eschewed the National Competitions and was a proponent of the world of private exhibition.
No cracks or repairs.
Size: 7,1'' height x 9,2'' width.
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