Vase / Bizen-Shino / Fujiwara Kyosuke
Bizen-Shino 'Vase' by Fujiwara Kyosuke
Fujiwara Kyosuke(b.1939) is the second son of Bizen LNT Fujiwara Kei and thus the brother of also Bizen LNT Yu. Kyosuke was brought up in Bizen yet also fell hard for Mino wares and decided to make his own hybrid---such as Mino-Iga from the Momoyama period--and was born his orange pastel toned Bizen-Shino for which he's so well known for. I often see his work yet nothing like the form here and that's what attracted me to it, as well as the glaze, which I have admired for years. The himo-line around the waist pulls the form inward and also adds tension with the tooth-edged cuts. Flowing crackled lines appear as if rivers from the taut mouth; a very fine and rare piece dating to 1972, in perfect condition with a signed box, 24.7cm.tall and 16.5cm.across, signed on base. Fujiwara opened his kiln in 1965 and has had the honor of being awarded the Kaneshige Toyo and Okayama Prefectural Culture Awards, as well as showing at major galleries throughout Japan.
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