Property from an Important Private Collection
Tsujimura Yui
Large storage jar
Lot Closed
October 31, 01:34 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection
Tsujimura Yui (b. 1975)
Large storage jar
oviform with everted ring neck, the tall stoneware body tapering towards the irregularly shaped foot, impressed pattern and dripped natural ash blue, purple and green glazes from the shoulder, numerous encrustations and kiln occlusions, with intentional collapsed opening to one side, fitted wood storage box (tomobako), signed Yui, sealed Y, inscribed Shizen yu otsubo (Large jar with natural ash glaze)
55 cm., 21⅝ in. high
70 x 65 x 65 cm., 27½ x 25½ x 25½ in. (the fitted wood storage box)
Gallery Yamahon, Iga, Mie Prefecture
Born in 1975, Tsujimura Yui is the first son of the contemporary ceramic artist Tsujimura Shiro (b. 1947). In a similar manner to his father Yui regards himself as self-taught. Although he observed his father at work from a young age, he never apprenticed for him, setting up his own kiln after graduating from school. The techniques and aesthetics of early medieval Sue ware is perhaps the greatest influence on his work. Sueki [lit. Sue vessels] are unglazed stoneware fired above 1000°C. They often take the form of large storage jars or flasks and are decorated in the restrained palette of natural ash glazes of blue, green and grey. Yui is noted for his rapturous experimentation and sophisticated use of natural ash glaze.
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