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Showa - Heisei
D15.5cm×13.5cm H13.4cm
This ceramic box is decorated with a scale pattern of triangles arranged in a series of triangles throughout. The regularly arranged triangles are painted with iron glaze and silver paint. Funaki Kiln is located by Lake Shinji in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture. Funaki Kiln has a 170-year history dating back to the Edo period. Funaki Kenji, the fifth generation of the family, learned from Hamada Shoji and Bernard Leach while assisting his father Michitada from early on.
FUNAKI Kenji
1927 - 2015
Born into the Funaki family, a 170-year-old Nushina-yaki potter from the Edo period. He studied under Shoji Hamada and later received the Japan Folk Crafts Museum Award, the Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Art Exhibition, and the Salon du Printemps Scholarship Award. In 1953, he was invited by the Ryukyu government to Ryukyu to make pottery. He trained at a kiln in Bernard Leach. He was fascinated by slipware, which was popular in England during the 17th and 18th centuries, and adopted this technique in earnest. After returning to Japan, he exhibited his work at various exhibitions and received awards.
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