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D9.6cm H21cm
This is a tubular flower vase. It has a quail-shaped pattern up to the middle, which changes to a horizontal stripe pattern from the middle. There is an inscription "康" on the bottom. Matsui Kosei, a ceramic artist from Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture, was active from the Showa to Heisei periods and was recognized as a Living National Treasure in the field of neriage. He created various unique techniques in the field of neriage.
Matsui Kōsei 松井康成
1927 - 2003
Designated as a Living National Treasure in 1993, Matsui Kōsei was hugely influential in the revival of neriage (marbleized, colored-clay ware that he perfected, studying numerous examples of ancient Chinese ceramics as a priest at Gessō-ji Temple in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture. Matsui far surpassed these historic predecessors by creating abstract and geometric surface patterning by applying to the surface or throwing numerous layered colored clays, often with a rough-hewn texture. His research and intense studies in this difficult technique, culminated in worldwide recognition for his tradition-steeped vessels.
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