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Spherical Jar with Azure Glazes, 1990s

Creator: Tokuda Yasokichi III
Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Tokuda Yasokichi III
Spherical Jar with Azure Glazes, 1990s
Porcelain
Size 10½ x 10¼ x 10¼ in. (26.5 x 26 x 26 cm)
T-4817

An almost spherical porcelain jar with slightly flattened base and top, small slender neck, and out-turned mouth, covered in the artist’s characteristic subtly blended hekiyū glazes ranging from deep black to pale blues and greens

Comes with a wood tomobako storage box, the lid inscribed: Hekiyū tsubo Kutani Yasokichi (Azure-glazed jar, Yasokichi of Kutani) and sealed Kutani Yasokichi Yasokichi of Kutani

Designated a “Living National Treasure,” or Jūyō Mukei Bunkazai Hojisha (Preserver of Important Intangible Cultural Properties), to use the official designation, Tokuda Yasokichi III is celebrated for his success in expanding the range of colors used within the family lineage and applying it to a style of decoration based on blended colors rather than traditional patterning.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	1980-1999
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Asian
Incollect Reference #:	705769

Dimensions

W.	10.25 in;	H.	10.5 in;	D.	10.25 in;
W.	26.04 cm;	H.	26.67 cm;	D.	26.04 cm;

Message from Seller:

Thomsen gallery, located in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, offers important Japanese paintings and works of art to collectors and museums worldwide. The gallery specializes in Japanese screens and scrolls; in early Japanese tea ceramics from the medieval through the Edo periods; in masterpieces of ikebana bamboo baskets; and in gold lacquer objects.