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Mashiko Jōmon-Style Tsubo (Vase) with Rope-Impressed Zōgan Inlay

Creator: Tatsuzo Shimaoka
Offered by: Lost City Arts

Description
Mashiko Jōmon-style Tsubo (vase) featuring the zōgan (inlay) technique with distinctive rope-impressed decoration. The vase bears the artist’s seal, “Ta.”

Includes the original signed wooden box (tomobako) with the artist’s signature and seal reading Tatsuzō, along with an enclosed paper. The final dated entry on the paper is Shōwa 41 (1966), written after the artist’s travels to Long Beach and Europe, indicating the piece was made in 1966 or earlier.

Created by Tatsuzō Shimaoka (1919–2007), who was designated a National Living Treasure by the Emperor of Japan in 1996 for his mastery of rope-impressed inlay on stoneware.

Made in Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.

More Information

Documentation:	Certificate of Authenticity
Origin:	Japan
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Ceramic, Zōgan technique
Condition:	Good. Antique, like new with original wooden box
Creation Date:	c. 1966
Styles / Movements:	Asian Art
200 Lex Booth #:	49
Incollect Reference #:	851915

Dimensions

H.	9.8 in;	Diam.	6.525 in;
H.	24.89 cm;	Diam.	16.57 cm;

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