TOMIMOTO KENKICHI
Iro-e (enamel overglaze) hexagonal covered box with landscape motif of “Rain on the Yamato River”, 1960
Glazed stoneware, metal
4 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.
Potter’s mark: 富 (Tomi) painted on bottom
Box title: 色繪 大和川急雨 六角飾箱 (Iroe Yamatogawa kyūu rokkaku kazaribako);
Polychrome Overglazed Hexagonal Covered Box with Decoration of Rain Shower on the Yamato River
Note: 大和川(the Yamato River) is located in Ando village, Nara Prefecture where Tomimoto was born.
Box signature: 富本憲吉造 (Tomimoto Kenkichi zou); Created by Tomimoto Kenkichi
Box seal: 富 (Tomi)
Potter’s mark: 富 (Tomi) painted on bottom
Box title: 色繪 大和川急雨 六角飾箱 (Iroe Yamatogawa kyūu rokkaku kazaribako);
Polychrome Overglazed Hexagonal Covered Box with Decoration of Rain Shower on the Yamato River
Note: 大和川(the Yamato River) is located in Ando village, Nara Prefecture where Tomimoto was born.
Box signature: 富本憲吉造 (Tomimoto Kenkichi zou); Created by Tomimoto Kenkichi
Box seal: 富 (Tomi)
$ 25,700.00
Further images
Literature
Other works with "rain on the Yamato river"National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and Asahi Shimbun, eds. Tomimoto Kenkichi: A Retrospective. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun, 2006, p. 175.
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, p. 133.
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