£180
A JAPANESE VINTAGE (1990S) ARITA PORCELAIN VASE, FUJI SHUMEI. Japanese vintage (late 20thC) Arita porcelain ‘winter landscape at sunrise’ vase by Shumei Fuji (1936-2017). Signed by the artist on the base and comes with an inscribed box. Ca. 26.5cm high x 15cm diameter.
The artist used tree leaves in his underglaze blue pottery to depict the seasonal scenery of Arita. His specialty is the technique of drawing a mountain by simulating the veins of a leaf, called the ‘leaf technique’, as if it were a complex tree branch. When young leaves such as magnolia are pressed against unglazed pottery like Japanese paper dyeing and bleeding Kuresu, the veins of the leaves emerge as dark lines and the mountains are drawn by arranging them. This technique is used to capture the characteristics of the season, and the Arita landscape itself, which is depicted in this work.
Born in Arita in 1936, Shumei Fuji began making pottery at the age of 15 and was
selected for the Nitten (Japan Fine Arts Exhibition) no less than 15 times. He won many prizes including the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition and the Kyushu Yamaguchi Ceramics Exhibition Minister of Education Award.
Good condition.
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