TOMIMOTO KENKICHI
Large round white vessel with raised, wide mouth, 1940
Glazed porcelain
10 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.
Potter’s mark: 富 (Tomi) painted on bottom
Box title:
紀元二千六百年 仲秋 (Kigen nisenroppyaku nen chūshū); August in 1940
Box signature: 富本憲吉造 (Tomimoto Kenkichi zou); Made by Tomimoto Kenkichi
Box seal: 富 (Tomi)
Potter’s mark: 富 (Tomi) painted on bottom
Box title:
紀元二千六百年 仲秋 (Kigen nisenroppyaku nen chūshū); August in 1940
Box signature: 富本憲吉造 (Tomimoto Kenkichi zou); Made by Tomimoto Kenkichi
Box seal: 富 (Tomi)
$ 110,000.00
Further images
Literature
Hakuji vessel examples:National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and Asahi Shimbun, eds. Tomimoto Kenkichi: A Retrospective. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun, 2006, pp. 48, 102.
Vessel Explored, Vessel Transformed: Tomimoto Kenkichi and his Enduring Legacy. New York: Joan B Mirviss LTD with Shibuya Kurodatoen Co., Ltd, 2019, pp. 69-71.
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