Pursuit of an Ideal: Fine Japanese Works of Art
Pursuit of an Ideal: Fine Japanese Works of Art
Property of a European Collector and Thence by Descent
Lot Closed
November 5, 04:18 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Shimaoka Tatsuzo (1917-2007)
A stoneware bottle vase
Showa period, 20th century
the oviform vase with short foot and everted neck, decorated overall with an inlaid rope pattern and three tones of whitish-grey, dark green and tenmoku glazes
32 cm., 12⅝ in. high
Galleria Gottardo, Shimaoka Tatsuzo: Ceramics una Collezione Privata, (Lugano, 1999), the piece above is dated in the catalogue to 1991.