Chawan / Oribe / Sasaki Tadashi
Narumi Oribe Chawan by Sasaki Tadashi
Sasaki Tadashi(1922-1997) was one of the outstanding Oribe potters of the 20th century- he was awarded the top prize in 1967 for his Oribe in the prestigious Japan Traditional Arts and Crafts exhibition. He studied with both Kato Hajime and Kato Kobee before establishing his own kiln. Here is a classic and wonderful Narumi Oribe chawan with a kasa-hat and dangling strings design on the front, geometric patterns on the back---notice the gracefulness in the lines. Narumi Oribe uses a red clay and a white clay, that's the basic definition; Sasaki was the first potter since the Momoyama period to make Narumi Oribe. He only used the famous Mino gotomaki clay. The green copper Oribe glaze around the lip is a most pleasing color. In the historical Oribe book written by Ryoji Kuroda(published by Kodansha in 1982) he mentions a few contemporary potters and refers to Sasaki as 'famous for Oribe and tenmoku-style pieces.' Signed on base and with a signed box, 9.0cm.tall and 13.5cm.across. It feels large, not perfectly round, and quite nice in the hands. More about Sasaki to the next owner of this chawan translated from an article about Sasaki written in Yuraku magazine by Kuroda Kusaomi......An unprecedented Oribe exhibition will be in NYC soon: http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_upcoming.asp
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