Collection
YASUHARA Kimei
(Japan 1906–1980)
- Title
- Vase: torso with black glaze
- Other titles:
- Vase in a form of a female torso
- Alternative title:
- Kaki torusô koku-yû
- Place of origin
-
Japan
- Period
- Shôwa period 1926 - 1988 → Japan
- Year
- 1955
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware
- Dimensions
-
39.0 x 29.0cm
- Signature & date
- Signed base, incised "Kimey". Not dated. Signed lid [associated NWA box], in Japanese, ink [inscribed] "Kimei saku [made by Kimei]". Not dated. Signed and dated bottom [associated NWA box] "1955 by Kimey YASUHARA".
- Credit
- Gift of Norman Sparnon 1988
- Accession number
- 407.1988
- 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, 147 [colour illus.].
