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Bizen Hidasuki Serving Bowl by Kaneshige Toyo
Bizen's first Living National Treasure Kaneshige Toyo (1896-1967) is one of the most important Bizen potters of all time. Along with other first LNT's, such as Arakawa Toyozo and Nakazato Muan, Kaneshige researched and revived the ancient Momoyama Period ways of clay preparation, kiln building, kiln loading--a key aspect--and firing. The "tsuchiaji" clay flavor of Toyo is unsurpassed on all his works, and it is he who made both the Kaneshige name, and moreover, Bizen, an integral presence in Japanese modern and contemporary ceramics. This large hidasuki-scarlet cord serving bowl is a museum piece--a similar one is in the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Art Museum(photo attached in listing)--that shows Kaneshige's mastery on the wheel, his famous tsuchi-aji as well as the rich red-orange colors that are the hallmarks of hidasuki. Rosanjin fired works like this after learning how to from Kaneshige and Fujiwara Ken. Often not seen outside of Japan--and even here quite hard to find--this Kaneshige hachi-bowl is in perfect condition with the original signed box, size is 8cm.tallx30-31, signed on base and dates to 1960.
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