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[PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION, SOMERSET] JAPANESE KUTANI BOTTLE VASE
BY TOKUDA YASOKICHI (1873-1956) OR TOKUDA YASOKICHI III (1933-2009)
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
徳田八十吉一或三代 九谷焼瓶 共箱
globular body rising to a long straight neck, covered overall in a rich, lustrous, blue-purple streaked glaze, with original wooden tomobako
Dimensions
16cm high
Provenance
Private English collection, Somerset
Footnote
Tokuda Tasokichi III was born in Ishikawa Prefecture as the eldest son of Tokuda Yasokichi II. After withdrawing from the Kanazawa Arts and Crafts College, he helped his father pursue the traditional family ceramic business. He learned the traditional methods of kutani glaze preparation and decoration from his grandfather, Tokuda Yasokichi I. At first, Tokuda confined himself to traditional style pieces with a modern flavour. However, after 1973, he was prompted by his peers to develop a personal style. He invented a technique that enabled him to control the suffusion of kutani colour glazes, creating a starburst effect that is, according to the artist, “somewhat in the manner of modern colour-field painters such as Mark Rothko.” Tokuda was designated a National Living Treasure in 1997 for porcelain with coloured glazes.