Nanga/Tokoname yaki
Kashibashi, Bowl - Tall bamboo & batsSigned: Sekisô & Sigenobu-zô
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Technique: Tokoname yaki, stoneware from Tokoname. The bowl has a dented, inwards bended rim with a cobalt blue decoration of bamboo outside and bats inside under a (transparant) milky white glaze and white slip. Ø 16-16,5 x 8
Condition: some brown discoloration, otherwise good
The calligraphy reads: 修竹触対客
Tall bamboo touches the opposite sitting guest
The famous Matsumoto Shigenobu was a Tokoname potter and the third son of the 33nd generation Matsumoto Shigetoshi. The Matsumoto family gained its fortune in the cargo boat industry. Shigetoshi, the father, was the first in the family line to begin the pottery making business in Maruyama, Tokoname. In 1885 Shigenobu inherited the pottery business from his father. He was a talented potter from a young age, and in the early days of Tokoname pottery, he created many pieces which were exported to the United States. Late in his life, he took on the artist name Maruyama Do and worked as a central figure in the world of Tokoname tea bowls.
Price: EUR 250 / USD 275
