JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART 23 march 2022

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TAMAGAWA NORIO (B. 1942; LIVING NATIONAL TREASURE, 2010)
Vase 654
Heisei era (1989-2019), 2013
A mokumegane (forged and marbleized) and hammered silver, copper,
and shakudo (copper-gold alloy) vase, signed Norio and impressed
with seal Tamagawa Norio on bottom
With wood tomobako storage box and tomogire wrapping cloth
7 1/2 x 6 3/4in (19 x 17cm)
$25,000 - 35,000
Enjoying widespread popularity among metalworkers outside Japan,
the mokumegane technique involves layering metals one on top of
the other to create intricate wood-grain patterns. Tamagawa Norio
typically uses 20-30 plates of silver, copper, and shakudo in his work,
fusing them to create a solid block which is repeatedly rounded and
hammered flat, resulting in distinctive layered patterns resembling
the grain of wood. The resulting metal sheet is then painstakingly
hammered up into a vessel form.
(box lid)
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