TOMIMOTO KENKICHI
Faceted white porcelain vessel with narrow, upraised neck, 1932
White glazed porcelain
8 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.
Potter’s mark: 富 (Tomi) painted on bottom
Box title: 白磁八角壷 (Hakuji hakkaku tsubo); White Porcelain Octagonal Vessel
Box signature:
千九百三拾弍年新春 (Senkyūhyakusanjūninen shinshun); 1932 Early Spring
富本憲吉造 (Tomimoto Kenkichi zō); Created by Tomimoto Kenkichi
Box seal: 富 (Tomi)
Potter’s mark: 富 (Tomi) painted on bottom
Box title: 白磁八角壷 (Hakuji hakkaku tsubo); White Porcelain Octagonal Vessel
Box signature:
千九百三拾弍年新春 (Senkyūhyakusanjūninen shinshun); 1932 Early Spring
富本憲吉造 (Tomimoto Kenkichi zō); Created by Tomimoto Kenkichi
Box seal: 富 (Tomi)
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Further images
Literature
For similar style, see:National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and Asahi Shimbun, eds. Tomimoto Kenkichi: A Retrospective. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun, 2006, p. 64, pl. 27.
References:
Baekeland, Frederick. Moses, Robert. Modern Japanese Ceramics in American Collections. New York: Japan Society, Inc., 1993, pp. 34, 129-30.
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Mitsuhiko Hasebe, and Kazunobu Nakanodō, eds. Tomimoto Kenkichi ten [Tomimoto Kenkichi]. Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1991.
Shimizu, Christine. Tōji: Avant-Garde et Tradition de la céramique Japonaise. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2006, pp. 42, 44.
Vessel Explored, Vessel Transformed: Tomimoto Kenkichi and his Enduring Legacy. With essays by Kida Takuya, Meghen Jones, Trevor Menders, and an introduction by Joan Mirviss and Kuroda Kōji. New York: Joan B Mirviss LTD with Shibuya Kurodatoen Co., Ltd, 2019.