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Japanese Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture Kayho Yoshikawa Masamichi

Creator: Yoshikawa Masamichi
Offered by: Tishu

Description
A richly glazed ceramic sculpture called Kayho (Luxuriant Effigy) by Japanese ceramic artist Yoshikawa Masamichi (1946-). The highly abstract piece was hand built with thick slabs with intentional irregularity and covered with a thick bluish-green Seihakuji glaze that drips like mercury down toward the base. The glaze that the artist applied invokes a sense of purity that one found in the celadon from Chinese Song Dynasty and Korean Joseon period. The idea of the abstract form of pottery house was inspired by Chinese pottery building models made for burial from the Han dynasty. Under the piece, there is an elaborate under the glaze painting of his abstract calligraphy design as shown.
For a similar piece see The Collection in Metropolitan Museum Accession Number: 2017.166.23.
Provenance: from a private collection in UK.
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo and based in Tokoname, Yoshikawa creates ceramic with seihakuji glaze in his signature style that is difference from the more delicate works by other seihakuji artists such as Fukami Sueharu and Yagi Akira. His glaze is thick with pooling and dripping and his form more abstract and robust.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	Japan
Period:	2000-2021
Materials:	ceramic
Condition:	Good. Fine, very little wear.
Creation Date:	2000s
Styles / Movements:	Contemporary, Art Pottery, Asian
Patterns:	Abstract, Geometric, Handmade, Modern
Incollect Reference #:	460973

Dimensions

W.	16.5 in;	H.	7.5 in;	D.	6.7 in;
W.	41.91 cm;	H.	19.05 cm;	D.	17.02 cm;

Message from Seller:

Our collection ranges from Neolithic Art to 20th century collectible art and design. It spans 5000 thousand years of history and crosses many civilizations and cultures. Our aesthetic strongholds are Mid-century studio design, Japanese and Korean art, Asian Textile Art and Contemporary Aboriginal Art. The diversity is united behind our singular vision to seek for timeless beauty and driven purely by our passion

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