Collection
YASUHARA Kimei
(Japan 1906–1980)
- Title
- Stoneware vase
- Alternative title:
- Kaki yakishime
- Place of origin
-
Japan
- Period
- Shôwa period 1926 - 1988 → Japan
- Year
- 1955
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware
- Dimensions
-
18.2 x 34.0cm
- Signature & date
- Signed side foot, in Japanese, incised "Kimey". Not dated. Signed back of lid [associated NWA box], in Japanese, ink [inscribed] "Kimei saku [made by Kimei]" [and artist's seal]. Not dated. Signed and dated base [associated NWA box] "1955 by Kimey".
- Credit
- Gift of Norman Sparnon 1988
- Accession number
- 400.1988
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Yasuhara Kimei was a seminal figure in the development of the avant-garde ceramic movement in post-war Japan. He exhibited in the important Nitten exhibitions, and at other venues.
- Bibliography (1)
-
Norman Sparnon, Japanese Flower Arrangements, Tokyo, 1960, (colour illus.). colour plate no. 60
