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ISHIGURO MUNEMARO (1893-1968) TOKUDA YASOKICHI III (1933-2009)
A stoneware tea bowl A porcelain flower vase
Showa era (1926-1989), mid-20th century Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-), late 20th century
The wide bowl tapering to a small ring foot and covered in a thick The cylindrical vase tapering to the gently everted rim and covered in
tenmoku glaze a blue-green glaze transforming to purple toward the bottom, signed
With a lacquered wood outer tomobako storage box and a wood on a carved reserve Masahiko
tomobako storage box inscribed on the lid Tenmoku yu chawan With a wood tomobako storage box inscribed on the cover Hanaire,
Ishiguro Munemaro saku (Teabowl with tenmoku glaze by Ishiguro signed Kutani Masahiko, and sealed Masahiko
Munemaro) and signed and sealed by the artist 9 1/8in (23.2cm) high
6 1/2in (16.5cm) diameter
$1,000 - 1,500
$1,000 - 1,500
Exhibited
Provenance Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, “Subtle Beauty: Modern Japanese
Previously sold Phillips, New York, May 17, 2000, lot 74. Ceramics from the Collection of Joel Barish,” March-April, 2008.

Exhibited
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, “Subtle Beauty: Modern Japanese
Ceramics from the Collection of Joel Barish,” March-April, 2008.

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