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No. 7856
Bizen Shuhai
¥44,000
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Description
This is a Bizen sake cup by Zenji Urakami, a Bizen artist who has received numerous honors and is renowned worldwide.
A printed career record up to the year 2000 (Heisei 12) is enclosed, and we believe this piece to be a work from the later period of Zenji Urakami’s career.
It is fired in a strong reduction atmosphere, a firing style that is a trademark of Zenji Urakami and his son Mitsuhiro, giving the piece a blue-tinged grey Bizen surface with an elegant and refined presence.
The Hidasuki has also been transformed by the strong reduction into a deep, almost black band, creating a dramatic fire pattern like rays of light across the blue-grey clay surface.
This work has a unique suribachi-shaped design with a carefully worked lip, and details such as the comb marks on the inside and the powerful foot convey the playful spirit and mastery of the artist throughout.
The piece was purchased new and has been carefully stored; it remains in unused condition.
He was born in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture in 1914.
He became a disciple of Shunko Nishimura in 1929.
He became a disciple of Seibo Kitamura in 1935.
He passed away in 2006.
A printed career record up to the year 2000 (Heisei 12) is enclosed, and we believe this piece to be a work from the later period of Zenji Urakami’s career.
It is fired in a strong reduction atmosphere, a firing style that is a trademark of Zenji Urakami and his son Mitsuhiro, giving the piece a blue-tinged grey Bizen surface with an elegant and refined presence.
The Hidasuki has also been transformed by the strong reduction into a deep, almost black band, creating a dramatic fire pattern like rays of light across the blue-grey clay surface.
This work has a unique suribachi-shaped design with a carefully worked lip, and details such as the comb marks on the inside and the powerful foot convey the playful spirit and mastery of the artist throughout.
The piece was purchased new and has been carefully stored; it remains in unused condition.
He was born in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture in 1914.
He became a disciple of Shunko Nishimura in 1929.
He became a disciple of Seibo Kitamura in 1935.
He passed away in 2006.
Details
- Pottery Type
- guinomi
- Dimensions
- W7.9cm x D7.6cm x H3.4cm
About the Artist
He was born in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture in 1914.
He became a disciple of Nishimura Shunko in 1929.
He became a disciple of Seibo Kitamura in 1935.
He died in 2006.
He became a disciple of Nishimura Shunko in 1929.
He became a disciple of Seibo Kitamura in 1935.
He died in 2006.