YASUHARA Kimei
(Japan 1906–1980)
- Title
- (Vase with hooks)
- Place of origin
-
Japan
- Period
- Shôwa period 1926 - 1988 → Japan
- Year
- circa 1950
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware
- Dimensions
-
27.0 x 13.2cm; 7.4cm diam. of rim
- Signature & date
- Signed base, incised "Kimey". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Norman Sparnon 1988
- Accession number
- 413.1988
- 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.
