YASUHARA Kimei
(Japan 1906–1980)
- Title
- White slip vase
- Other titles:
- Vase on three legs
- Alternative title:
- Hanasashi hakudei
- Place of origin
-
Japan
- Period
- Shôwa period 1926 - 1988 → Japan
- Year
- circa 1950-1960
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware
- Dimensions
-
32.3cm height
- Signature & date
- Signed on side, incised "Kimey". Not dated. Signed back of lid [associated NWA box], in Japanese, ink [inscribed] "Kimei saku [made by Kimei]". Not dated. Signed and dated base [associated NWA box], inscribed "1955 by Kimey".
- Credit
- Gift of Norman Sparnon 1988
- Accession number
- 414.1988
- 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 (2)
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Norman Sparnon (b.1913, d.1995) (Author), Japanese Flower Arrangements, Tokyo, 1960, (colour illus.). colour plate no.75
'Ikebana' by Jacqueline Menzies, not paginated., The 4 seasons 1989, 1989, (colour illus.) not paginated [chart].
- Exhibition history (2)
-
The four seasons, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Jun 1989–Jul 1990.
Norman Sparnon Retrospective, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 23 Jun 1994–10 Jul 1994.
