Vase / Bizen / Yoshimoto Shuho
Tall Bizen-Sue Vase by Yoshimoto Shuho
Veteran Bizen potter Yoshimoto Shuho(b.1938) looks back to the fifth through twelfth centuries for his inspiration. That's when the Sueki tradition was introduced from Korea using an anagama. More about sueki on e-yakimono.net Yoshimoto is the only potter in Bizen (out of 500 or so) who makes Bizen-Sue and he is a consummate potter with a great spirit in a Shinto style. This unusually tall Bizen-Sue tsurukubi-crane's neck vase has a lovely form and richly subtle natural ash-glaze covering in light ghostly greens and grays. A museum piece in perfect condition with a signed box, 38cm.tall, signed on base, there also seen is an exhibition number-16- meaning it was shown as one of the main works in a past Yoshimoto exhibition.
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