Details
The tea bowl decorated overall in two tones of speckled greyish glaze and slip with a brushed floral motif in tenmoku and olive-green glazes, made in Mashiko, 1962
The hexagonal vase with short feet covered overall in slip and a green glaze over a tenmoku base, three floral motifs around the sides, the interior tenmoku
The tea bowl 19.7 cm. (7⅞ in.) diam.
The vase 14 cm. (5½ in.) high

Please note this lot is the property of a private consignor.
Literature
The tea bowl is published in: Mingei International Museum, Martha W. Longenecker, ed., Mingei of Japan: The Legacy of The Founders - Soetsu Yanagi, Shoji Hamada, Kanjiro Kawai, (California, 2006), p. 56, 59
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