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Sato Kazuko Uzukumaru Hanging Vase

Sato Kazuko Uzukumaru Hanging Vase

Regular price ¥13,800 JPY
Regular price Sale price ¥13,800 JPY
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This listing is for a small Mino-ware hanging vase made around 10 years ago by female potter, Sato Kazuko.  It is wheel-thrown and then moulded by hand to create a wonderfully organic landscape of form and colour.  It has a hook on the back allowing it to be hung on the wall, and it also features a kushigaki comb pattern.  The kushigaki pattern consists of multiple parallel lines engraved into the surface using a comb-like tool.  Moreover this little gem has what is known as an uzukumaru shape, which means dented or hunched over.  The opening is wide enough to accommodate a few short stemmed flowers, and the stamp of the potter can be found on the bottom.  It comes with its original signed wooden storage box, a turmeric coloured wrapping cloth for when the item is not in use, as well as a Japanese language profile paper about the potter.

Sato Kazuko (b.1947) is a Seto and Mino-ware potter originally from Iwaki city in Fukushima Prefecture.  She began studying Seto-ware in Aichi in 1964, and one year later became a pupil of master potter Kato Juemon and Kato Yoshiemon.  In 1968 she established Fuji Gama, where she currently works and resides.  One of her ginsai silver enamel chawan was selected and donated to the Dalai Lama, and a Ki-Seto chawan was donated to the Pope John Paul II.  After the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami she donated a large portion of her sales towards reconstruction in Tohoku, namely to her hometown in Iwaki.  **Fellow sellers, this information was researched by Kominka Zakka and CANNOT be used in your own listings.

Mino-ware refers to pottery produced in what was formerly the old Mino Province. Early examples of Mino-ware were predominantly ash-glazed stoneware pieces. Later however the use of the potter’s wheel, as well as a greater variety of glazes, began to characterize what is often thought to ideally represent Mino pottery today. Larger production kilns like Kozangama in Gifu Prefecture produce wares similar to Imari and Arita-ware. Various other kilns specialize in producing budget priced tableware, along with high end wares for various brand name stores and franchises around the country such as Tachikichi in Kyoto.

 

Sizes

Box:  H.18.3cm (7.2”) x 12.5cm (4.9”) x 12.5cm (4.9”)

Vase:  H.13.6cm (5.3”) x 8cm (3.1”) across at the top, 9.5cm (3.7”) across at the bottom x 4cm (1.5”) diameter opening

 

Condition

It’s in very good condition aside from what appears to be a ‘kiln scar’ on the bottom where glaze fused onto the kiln shelf during firing.

 

THESE ARE SHIPPING ESTIMATES BASED ON THE CURRENT GLOBAL SITUATION                                                                 

**Germany, France, Greece, Spain, Poland, Austria, Slovakia, Lithuania, Slovenia:  NO SHIPPING.  Very strict and expensive packaging laws in place and we are not licensed to send products to these countries.  We have no plan to register at this time because the process is in some cases very expensive and complicated, plus each country has its own set of regulations and application process. 

**USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Norway: Airmail Small Packet (approx. 15-28 days).  Combined shipping available up to 2kgs for Airmail Small Packet (please send us a message).

**Asia:  Airmail Small Packet (approx. 15-21 days).  Combined shipping available up to 2kgs for Airmail Small Packet (please send us a message).

**Central Asia, Middle East, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico:  EMS Express 10-15 days.

**Russia:  No shipping methods available.

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