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Flask with Maple Glaze, 1993

Creator: Katō Toyohisa
Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Katō Toyohisa
Flask with Maple Glaze, 1993
Stoneware
Size 14 x 17 x 15 in. (36 x 43 x 38 cm)
T-4819

A rounded ceramic flask with a broad shoulder and low, narrow mouth, finished in a range of gradated glazes ranging from rich ruby red to eggshell blue, the base with an artist’s mark

Comes with a wood tomobako storage box, the lid inscribed outside Momijiyū henko Toyohisa (Flask with maple glaze, Toyohisa) and sealed Toyohisa ; inscribed inside Dai 37kai Mino Tōgeiten Chūnichishō jushō sakuhin (Work awarded the Chūnichi [Newspaper] Prize at the 37th Mino Ceramic Exhibition). This took place in 1993.

Born into a family manufacturing Western-style tableware, Katō studied at the Gifu Prefectural Ceramics Research Institute, a facility that has nurtured many of Japan’s leading contemporary ceramic artists. While working as a member of the family production team, he started his own creative practice and first received an exhibition award in 1983. The present work is a masterpiece from the early years of Katō’s mature period, combining an artfully potted variant of the time-honored henko flask shape with a subtly gradated glaze of his own devising.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	1980-1999
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Asian
Incollect Reference #:	704749

Dimensions

W.	17 in;	H.	14 in;	D.	15 in;
W.	43.18 cm;	H.	35.56 cm;	D.	38.1 cm;

Message from Seller:

Thomsen Gallery, located at 9 East 63rd Street in New York City, specializes in important Japanese paintings, screens, scrolls, ceramics, ikebana bamboo baskets, and lacquer objects, as well as contemporary works by select artists. Owned by Erik and Cornelia Thomsen, the gallery offers a wealth of expertise in Japanese art, with global clientele including collectors and museums. Reach them at 212-288-2588 or info@thomsengallery.com