Spectacular Otani Shiro Shigaraki Yohen Tsubo
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Directory: Artists: Ceramics: Pottery: Vases: Contemporary: Item # 1410723
Directory: Artists: Ceramics: Pottery: Vases: Contemporary: Item # 1410723
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Shizen-yu ash glaze and deposits crust the surface of this spectacular Shigaraki Tsubo by Otani Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Yohen Tsubo . Never redundant, the Shigaraki clay bursts colorful under the intense flame. Tea drops of green glass wrap liquid about the body, exposing the red burnt clay and shell forms left where it sat on its side in the kiln. An excellent example of this important artist work
Size, D 28.4 cm H 25.6 cm
Condition, Excellent
Shiro was born in 1936, and studied first in Kyoto under Kiyomizu Kyubei and Shofu Eichi before moving to Shigaraki in 1973, where he took up apprenticeship under Living National Treasure Shimizu Uichi. He has participated in the Nihon Dento Kogei Ten (National crafts Exhibition) as well as innumerable private exhibitions both domestic and International, and was named an Intangible Cultural Asset of Shigaraki in 1990. His work is held in both the Brooklyn Museum of Art and Smithsonian among others.
Shizen-yu ash glaze and deposits crust the surface of this spectacular Shigaraki Tsubo by Otani Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Yohen Tsubo . Never redundant, the Shigaraki clay bursts colorful under the intense flame. Tea drops of green glass wrap liquid about the body, exposing the red burnt clay and shell forms left where it sat on its side in the kiln. An excellent example of this important artist work
Size, D 28.4 cm H 25.6 cm
Condition, Excellent
Shiro was born in 1936, and studied first in Kyoto under Kiyomizu Kyubei and Shofu Eichi before moving to Shigaraki in 1973, where he took up apprenticeship under Living National Treasure Shimizu Uichi. He has participated in the Nihon Dento Kogei Ten (National crafts Exhibition) as well as innumerable private exhibitions both domestic and International, and was named an Intangible Cultural Asset of Shigaraki in 1990. His work is held in both the Brooklyn Museum of Art and Smithsonian among others.
