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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ISHIGURO MUNEMARO, Small cylindrical vessel with black rope-patterning design on white ground, Late 1940s-50s
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ISHIGURO MUNEMARO

Small cylindrical vessel with black rope-patterning design on white ground, Late 1940s-50s
Glazed stoneware
4 7/8 x 3 1/4 in.
Box title: 小壺 (Kotsubo); Small Vessel
Box signature:栩 (Ku) (Munemaro’s pseudonym)
Box seal: 八瀬窯宗麿 (Yase-gama Munemaro)
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Literature

Similar work in collection of The National Crafts Museum (in Kanazawa):
https://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/collection/cr0340


General references:

Baekeland, Frederick. Modern Japanese Ceramics in American Collections. New York: Japan Society, 1993.


Ishiguro Munemaro no subete (All About Ishiguro). Tokyo: Yomiuri Shimbun, 2015.


New Guide to Modern Japanese Craft Arts: The Beauty of Japan Through Selected Masterpieces. Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. 2015, p. 67.


Ningen kokuhō Ishiguro Munemaro: tōgei no espuri (Living National Treasure Ishiguro Munemaro: Spirit of Ceramics). Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun, 1996.


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