JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART 23 march 2022

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OTSUKI MASAKO (B. 1943)
Silver Box with Fern Patterns
Heisei era (1989-2019), 2016
A box made from chiseled silver with wood interior and removable wood
fitted tray, signed Masa on bottom
With wood tomobako storage box and tomogire wrapping cloth
3 3/8 x 9 1/2 x 3 1/8in (8.6 x 24 x 8cm)
$8,000 - 10,000
Otsuki Masako is best known for her use of the hatsuri (shaving)
technique, using chisels to carve fine, angled lines into the metal to give
her work a captivating three-dimensional effect rich in depth and shadow.
(another view)
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HATA SHUNSAI III (B. 1974)
Sora (Sky)
Heisei era (1989-2019), 2008
A cast-iron tea kettle with two handles, the sides cast with vertical fluting
and the everted mouth with a foliate outline
With copper lid, pair of kan metal lifting rings, wood tomobako storage
box and tomogire wrapping cloth
7 1/2 x 7 1/2in (19 x 19cm)
$4,000 - 6,000
Based in Kanaya-machi (Metalworker Street), a historic center of metal
production in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, Hata Shunsai III carries on
his family’s tradition of making cast-iron tea kettles used to boil water
for matcha, the whipped green tea consumed during chanoyu (the “tea
ceremony”). Hata’s work incorporates a contemporary sensibility while
respecting traditional techniques learned from his father Shunsai II. He
is admired for his success in giving his kettles a lightweight appearance
despite their being made from iron.
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