YASUHARA Kimei
(Japan 1906–1980)
- Title
- (Winged vase)
- Place of origin
-
Japan
- Period
- Shôwa period 1926 - 1988 → Japan
- Year
- circa 1950
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware
- Dimensions
-
31.5 x 28.0cm
- Signature & date
- Signed on foot, incised "Kimey". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Norman Sparnon 1988
- Accession number
- 404.1988
- 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.
