with a signed box
Showa - Heisei period
D9cm×9.5cm H23cm
Curved lines are carved on all four sides and covered with a transparent glaze. You can enjoy the color change from brown to yellow. Funaki Kiln is located by Lake Shinji in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture. Funaki Kenji, the fifth generation of the family, helped his father, Michitada, from early on and learned from Hamada Shoji and Bernard Leach.
Kenji FUNAKI
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 won awards.
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