YASUHARA Kimei
(Japan 1906–1980)
- Title
- Stoneware vase
- Alternative title:
- Hanasashi yakishime
- Place of origin
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Japan
- Period
- Shôwa period 1926 - 1988 → Japan
- Year
- 1955
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware
- Dimensions
-
35.2 x 26.6cm
- Signature & date
- Artist's seal impressed on foot. 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 bottom [associated NWA box] "by Kimey 1955".
- Credit
- Gift of Norman Sparnon 1988
- Accession number
- 401.1988
- 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)
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Norman Sparnon (b.1913, d.1995) (Author), Japanese Flower Arrangements, Tokyo, 1960, (colour illus.). colour plate no. 70
