Description: For your consideration is a PRESS MOLDED BOTTLE BY TATSUZO SHIMAOKA (1911 - 2007), a former Japanese Living National Treasure. It is a tenmoku brown and cream color with bright white zogan slip impressed design patterns that are, perhaps, in the form of wind blowing through grasses. They add quite a bit of drama to the overall effect of this piece. There are several interesting small iron deposit burn-outs throughout the surface of the bottle. Shimaoka dug his own local clay during the early part of his career which often contained iron that burned out during the firing and is usually considered a positive, not a negative, as they represent the source of the clay. There are no chips or cracks. There is no box and it is signed with his later form of cypher which has a curved tail. This is a nicely proportioned piece at 6 1/2" (16.5 cm) Height x 4 1/2" (11.4 cm) Square. (Photos 10 - 12 are some other listings showing work by Shimaoka). (C - 438)
Price: 1450 USD
Location: Descanso, California
End Time: 2024-04-30T18:01:47.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: NO BRAND
Type: PRESS MOLDED BOTTLE
Color: CREAM AND BROWN
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
Material: Clay
MPN: Does not apply
Production Style: Art Pottery
Production Technique: Pottery
Handmade: Yes
Maker: Tatsuzo Shimaoka
