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Flower shape bowl, flower design in relief, bluish white porcelain
| Collection Number | A002323 |
|---|---|
| Title | Flower shape bowl, flower design in relief, bluish white porcelain |
| Date | ca.1978-81 |
| Artist, Kiln, Workshop | 塚本快示 TSUKAMOTO Kaiji |
| Name of prefectures & cities | Toki City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan |
| Description of works | The ceramist TSUKAMOTO Kaiji was born in 1912 in Toki City, Gifu Prefecture. Around 1948, he began studying the techniques for producing the white and qingbai (bluish-white) porcelains of China’s Song dynasty, after meeting KOYAMA Fujio, a scholar of Oriental ceramics. In 1983, TSUKAMOTO was designated a “Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Heritage” in the category of “hakuji/seihakuji” (white porcelain/bluish-white porcelain). This bowl with an extremely thin wall was made on a potter’s wheel with the rim shaped into a rinka (flower-shape), and the surface ornamented lightly with a floral pattern using a spatula. It is a graceful bowl with a touch of tension. The works of TSUKAMOTO are mostly modeled after old Chinese ceramics, but they subtly reflect clean and simple Japanese aesthetics. |
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