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Lot 225 · Ceramics · H 18.5 cm花器
INTERIOR VASE “HANAIRE”
Estimate
15 000 – 22 000 ₽
- Original box (tomobako)
- Workshop
Dynastic workshop Mori Hozan (Inbe).
- Material
Bizen ware, unglazed wood firing.
- Period
1997.
- Dimensions
Height — 18.5 cm.
- Description
A ceramic hanaire vase of cylindrical form, styled after a cut section of bamboo and made in a strict wabi-sabiWabi-sabi 侘寂 — a key Japanese aesthetic concept that prescribes valuing true beauty in its transience, incompleteness and noble imperfection (asymmetry, traces of time, roughness of texture). aesthetic. The complex earthy-ashen texture and fire scorching result from a long wood firing without glaze.
- Marks
The unglazed base bears an impressed artist’s mark.
- Contents
Original wooden tomobakoTomobako 共箱 — an authentic box of valuable, seasoned wood (often paulownia), made specially for a particular piece. On the lid the master or owner personally inscribes in ink the calligraphic title of the object, his signature and the impression of a personal seal. It is the principal certificate of authenticity. box with the artist’s calligraphic dating (1997) and two accompanying documents from the workshop.