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A PAIR OF PORCELAIN OKIMONO OF SHISHI
Hirado ware, Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/
early 20th century
Modeled as a pair of shishi playfully wrestling, the details in underglaze blue
13 1/8in (33.3cm) wide

$1,500 - 2,500
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A PORCELAIN OKIMONO OF TWO SHISHI
Hirado ware, Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/
early 20th century
Modeled as two shishi playfully wrestling, the details in underglaze blue
13 1/8in (33.3cm) wide
$1,500 - 2,500
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TSUJIMURA SHIRO (1947-)
631 “Broken Pots”
Heisei era (1989-2019), early 21st century
Formed as two conjoined Iga-ware vessels with streaks of greenish ash
glaze, pieces of broken pot, and other accretions
Wood tomobako storage box inscribed Yaburetsubo (Broken pots) and
signed and sealed by the artist
12 1/2in (31.7cm) high, 21in (53.3cm) wide
$4,000 - 6,000
Now one of the best-known of all contemporary Japanese ceramists,
Tsujimura Shiro has taken inspiration from several old kilns but Iga in Mie
Prefecture—an ash-glazed, high-fired stoneware first used for formal tea
drinking around 1600—is among his favorites. The title of this important
mid-career sculptural work references Yaburebukuro (“Burst Bag”), an early
Iga piece, designated an Important Cultural Property, with a drastically
distorted form and a large gash on its front.

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