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Lot 240
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Lot 240 · Ceramics · H 23.5 cm花器
INTERIOR TOKKURI VESSEL
Estimate
15 000 – 22 000 ₽
- Named master
- Master
Koichi Shimaoka (art name Shoen).
- Material
Mashiko ware, glossy glaze, painted decoration.
- Period
Second half of the 20th century.
- Dimensions
Height — 23.5 cm.
- Description
A large collectible vessel of elongated tokkuriTokkuri 徳利 — a traditional sake-serving flask with a characteristic narrow neck and a widening body (often pear- or drop-shaped). form, for sake or interior flower arrangements. The piece is wheel-thrown by hand and covered with a traditional glaze of deep olive green with a depiction of a shrimp, ideally embodying the aesthetic of the Japanese folk art of mingeiMingei 民芸 — a movement for the revival of traditional folk crafts and of the “beauty of everyday things”, founded by the philosopher Yanagi Soetsu in the 1920s..
- Marks
An original square stamp of the artist is impressed on the unglazed base.