Massive Tenmoku Vase by Kimura Morikazu
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Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1980: Item # 428751
Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1980: Item # 428751
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23 Murasakino Monzen-cho
Kita-ward Kyoto 603-8216
tel.81-75-201-3497
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A representative large Yuteki tsubo vase by Tenmoku specialist Kimura Morikazu (b. 1922) enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box. The vase is 9-1/4 inches (23.5 cm) diameter, the same height and in perfect condition. Born to the house of a Kyo-yaki potter, he established his first kiln in the Gojo Zaka area of Kyoto in 1947, moving to Fukui in 1976. He was awarded the Japan Society Award in 1967, as well as being awarded at the Japan National Traditional Craft Exhibition, and is held in the collection of both the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art and the Imperial Household Agency. Included in this sale is an exhibition catalog by the artist from 1973.
A representative large Yuteki tsubo vase by Tenmoku specialist Kimura Morikazu (b. 1922) enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box. The vase is 9-1/4 inches (23.5 cm) diameter, the same height and in perfect condition. Born to the house of a Kyo-yaki potter, he established his first kiln in the Gojo Zaka area of Kyoto in 1947, moving to Fukui in 1976. He was awarded the Japan Society Award in 1967, as well as being awarded at the Japan National Traditional Craft Exhibition, and is held in the collection of both the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art and the Imperial Household Agency. Included in this sale is an exhibition catalog by the artist from 1973.