ISHIGURO MUNEMARO
Teabowl with sharkskin texture, titled Abundant Rice Fields (Hyakumangoku), ca. 1957
Glazed stoneware
3 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.
Box title: 梅華皮盌 (Kairagi wan); Teabowl with Shark Skin Texture
百萬石 (Hyakumangoku); Abundant Rice Fields
Box signature: 栩 (Ku); Munemaro’s pseudonym
栩庵題 (Kuandai)
Box seal: 栩 (Ku); Munemaro’s pseudonym
Box title: 梅華皮盌 (Kairagi wan); Teabowl with Shark Skin Texture
百萬石 (Hyakumangoku); Abundant Rice Fields
Box signature: 栩 (Ku); Munemaro’s pseudonym
栩庵題 (Kuandai)
Box seal: 栩 (Ku); Munemaro’s pseudonym
$ 11,500.00
Further images
Literature
Similar works:Ishiguro Munemaro no subete (All About Ishiguro). Tokyo: Yomiuri Shimbun, 2015, p. 89.
General references:
Baekeland, Frederick. Modern Japanese Ceramics in American Collections. New York: Japan Society, 1993.
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.