A large globular ceramic vase, the surface with a slight striped relief, covered with black, blue, dark purple slips and gold metallic enamel. The soft and peaceful design may recall a hilly landscape almost disappearing at twilight.
(Grand vase rond en céramique, la surface couverte de stries en très léger relief et d’émail noir, bleu foncé, violet foncé et or. Le décor très apaisant pourrait évoquer un paysage vallonné en train de disparaître au crépuscule.)
Signed with the artiste mark on the base
Heisei era, circa 1990
Height 26 cm, Diameter 27 cm
1 100 euros
Kōsai Yamamoto
Born in 1949, Kōsai Yamamoto, third generation of ceramicists, is based in Kurayoshi City, Tottori Prefecture. He started to study ceramic under his father and is now a member of the Japan Kogei Association. He took part in large number of exhibitions in Japan, more than 20 times in the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition (Kogei) since 1984, more than ten times at Ceramic Art Exhibition, at the Hiroshima City museum of art and the Tanabe museum of art amongst other institutions. His works were also displayed abroad, for instance in France in 1989 during the Japanese Art Festival and in China. All along his career, he has received many awards and he is now considered as one of the major contemporary ceramic artist of the Tattori prefecture.