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Details
- Other Title
- Vase in a form of a female torso
- Alternative title
- Kaki torusô koku-yû
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Shōwa period 1926 - 1988 → Japan
- Date
- 1955
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 29.0 cm
- Signature & date
Signed base, incised "Kimey". Not dated.
Signed lid [associated NWA box], in Japanese, ink [inscribed] "Kimei saku [made by Kimei]". Not dated.
Signed and dated bottom [associated NWA box] "1955 by Kimey YASUHARA".- Credit
- Gift of Norman Sparnon 1988
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 407.1988
- Copyright
- © Estate of Yasuhara Kimei
- Artist information
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Yasuhara Kimei
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About
Yasuhara Kimei was a seminal figure in the development of the avant-garde ceramic movement in post-war Japan. He exhibited in the important Nitten exhibitions, and at other venues.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Norman Sparnon, Japanese Flower Arrangements, Tokyo, 1960, 147 [colour illus.].
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