With original wooden box
Showa – Heisei period
Living National Treasure
D21cm H25cm
A refined celadon jar by Shimizu Uichi, a Living National Treasure celebrated for his revolutionary glazes and deep mastery of both iron-glazed stoneware and celadon.
This vessel features a soft, gracefully rounded contour covered in a luminous, pale sea-green glaze of remarkable depth. The finely layered crackle network (kannyu) across the surface refracts light delicately, evoking the icy, crystalline translucency that characterizes Uichi's finest celadon works.
The sharp contrast between the serene celadon surface and the dark, unglazed stoneware exposed near the foot gives the piece a grounded, dignified structure, embodying a quiet and timeless elegance.
Uichi SHIMIZU
1926 - 2004
Born in Kyoto in 1926, Shimizu Uichi was one of the foremost Kyoto-based artists of his time. Having studied under Living National Treasure Ishiguro Munemaro (1893-1968), one of the earliest proponents of Chinese-style ceramics, Shimizu often experimented in recreating historical Chinese-style wares, especially those with iron-glaze. In 1970, he left Kyoto and headed to the western shore of Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture in order to build his own noborigama (climbing kiln). After establishing the kiln, which he named Horai-yo, Shimizu began firing craquelure celadon glazed works. Throughout his career Shimizu accomplished many technical and artistic achievements, especially with celadon and iron-glazed works. He was appointed a Living National Treasure in 1985 for his application of tetsu-yu (iron glaze).
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