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Details
- Other Title
- Vase on three legs
- Alternative title
- Hanasashi hakudei
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Shōwa period 1926 - 1988 → Japan
- Date
- circa 1950-1960
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware
- Dimensions
- 32.3 cm
- Signature & date
Signed on side, incised "Kimey". Not dated.
Signed back of lid [associated NWA box], in Japanese, ink [inscribed] "Kimei saku [made by Kimei]". Not dated.
Signed and dated base [associated NWA box], inscribed "1955 by Kimey".- Credit
- Gift of Norman Sparnon 1988
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 414.1988
- 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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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
The four seasons, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Jun 1989–Jul 1990
Norman Sparnon Retrospective, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, Sydney, 23 Jun 1994–10 Jul 1994
Matisse Alive, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 Oct 2021–03 Apr 2022
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Jacqueline Menzies, The 4 seasons, 'Ikebana', not paginated., Sydney, 1989, (colour illus.) not paginated [chart].
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Norman Sparnon, Japanese Flower Arrangements, Tokyo, 1960, (colour illus.). colour plate no.75
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