Shimaoka Tatsuzo

The Property of a European Collector and Thence by Descent

Shimaoka Tatsuzo (1917-2007)

A stoneware vase and two stoneware dishes

the group comprising:

- a stoneware bottle vase of ovoid form and tall everted neck, decorated in three tones of rust and ochre glazes and impressed rope design, accompanied with a fitted wood storage box, signed and sealed Tatsuzo

- a stoneware dish decorated to the centre with a cross in blue-green glaze over wax resist on an iron rust (kaki) glaze ground, the whiteish-grey glaze rim with stylised

flower heads over inlaid rope design, accompanied with a fitted wood storage box, signed and sealed Tatsuzo

- a circular stoneware dish decorated to the centre in iron rust (kaki) glaze, the rim with roundels inlaid in white slip on a dark brown glaze, accompanied with a fitted wood storage box, signed and sealed Tatsuzo

25.8 cm., 10⅛ in. high (the first)

31 cm., 12¼ in. diam. (the second)

31 cm., 12¼ in. diam. (the third)