ISHIGURO MUNEMARO
Platter with motif of cricket and grasses in iron underglaze, ca. 1964–1966
Glazed stoneware
2 1/2 x 12 in.
Box title: 銕絵草虫文皿 (Tetsue sōchūmon sara); Iron-glazed Platter with Insects and Plants
Box signature: 栩翁S
Box seal: 栩 (Ku); Munemaro’s pseudonym
Box title: 銕絵草虫文皿 (Tetsue sōchūmon sara); Iron-glazed Platter with Insects and Plants
Box signature: 栩翁S
Box seal: 栩 (Ku); Munemaro’s pseudonym
$ 22,000.00
Further images
Exhibitions
Published:Tōgeikai no kisai (Genius in Ceramic Field): Ishiguro Munemaro. Tokyo: Takashimya Art Gallery, 1986, p. 59. pl. 107.
Similar work:
Ishiguro Munemaro no subete (All About Ishiguro). Tokyo: Yomiuri Shimbun, 2015, p. 95.
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.