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Title

Flower vase

mid 20th century

Artist

Yagi Issō

Japan

1894 – 1973

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  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Japan
    Date
    mid 20th century
    Media category
    Ceramic
    Materials used
    stoneware with dark green glaze
    Dimensions
    4.7 cm diam. of rim; 26.6 x 5.7 cm
    Credit
    Gift of Rev Muneharu Kurozumi 2007
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    300.2007
    Artist information
    Yagi Issō

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  • About

    Yagi Issō (1894–1973) was the father of Yagi Kazuo, one of the founders of the Sōdeisha, an avant-garde group of ceramicists and sculptors in 1900s Japan. The simple slender form of this vase makes it ideally suited to the display of a single flower in the tea-ceremony.

  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Japan

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 1 exhibition

  • Provenance

    Yagi Issō, circa 1950-1970, Japan, made by the artist and donated to Rev. Muneharu Kurozami.

    Rev. Muneharu Kurozumi, circa 1970-2007, Japan, donated to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Aug 2007.