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A hexagonal vessel by Tatsuzo Shimaoka, a leading ceramic artist of the Mashiko-yaki tradition designated a Living National Treasure. It is decorated with a floral design using the zogan (inlay) and akae (red overglaze) technique, and can serve as an ashtray, small planter, or flower vessel.
Tatsuzo Shimaoka (1919-2007) was a Japanese ceramic artist based in Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, known as a leading figure of the Mashiko-yaki pottery tradition. Born in Tokyo to a family of cord-braiders, he studied ceramics at Tokyo Institute of Technology and later apprenticed under Shoji Hamada, the renowned potter who helped revive Mashiko ware. He developed a distinctive technique called Jomon-zogan (rope-pattern inlay), combining rope-impressed decoration inspired by Jomon-period pottery with Korean-style slip inlay (mishima/zogan) techniques. In 1996 he was designated a Living National Treasure (Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property) for Mingei pottery, and was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun in 1999.
Dimensions: Mouth diameter approx. 7.3 cm, width approx. 15.2 cm, depth approx. 12.8 cm
Condition: No prominent major damage.
Includes: Original signed wooden box (tomobako) and cloth (tomogire)
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