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'Flower Vessel' by Kawakami Tomoko--Related Photo Available
In the world of international ceramic prizes, none is as prestigious as the Premio Faenza, Grand Prize at the Faenza International Competition of Contemporary Ceramic Art in Italy. The 2005 Grand Prize went to Kawakami Tomoko(b.1957). In that monumental exhibition one judge noted that Kawakami's work was chosen for her "ability to condense an expression of extreme simplicity into a material of great delicacy and thinness and for the new effect of depth expressed by the successful contrast between the outer surface and the inner void." Here are two classic examples of Kawakami's works, each having been exhibited at a major large group exhibition this past March in Tokyo. The first one shown is 21.1cm.tallx33.1x31.3, in perfect condition with a signed box. The second one is 17.7cm.tallx37.7x24.4, same conditions and price.