A flower vase by Koinuma Michio (1936-2020).  Ichimoku kiln, Mashiko, Tochigi prefecture. Late 20th century - image-1
A flower vase by Koinuma Michio (1936-2020).  Ichimoku kiln, Mashiko, Tochigi prefecture. Late 20th century - image-2
A flower vase by Koinuma Michio (1936-2020).  Ichimoku kiln, Mashiko, Tochigi prefecture. Late 20th century - image-3
A flower vase by Koinuma Michio (1936-2020).  Ichimoku kiln, Mashiko, Tochigi prefecture. Late 20th century - image-1A flower vase by Koinuma Michio (1936-2020).  Ichimoku kiln, Mashiko, Tochigi prefecture. Late 20th century - image-2A flower vase by Koinuma Michio (1936-2020).  Ichimoku kiln, Mashiko, Tochigi prefecture. Late 20th century - image-3

Lot 357 Dα

A flower vase by Koinuma Michio (1936-2020). Ichimoku kiln, Mashiko, Tochigi prefecture. Late 20th century

Auction 1213 - overview Cologne
09.12.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 800 € - 1.400 €

A flower vase by Koinuma Michio (1936-2020). Ichimoku kiln, Mashiko, Tochigi prefecture. Late 20th century

With a cube-shaped body on four square feet and with a thin neck. Tomobako, the reverse of the lid with an inscription reading Ichirin hana-ike Koinuma Michio and sealed Mi. Yellow cloth.
Height 20.5 cm; width 8.1 cm

Koinima Michio set up his Ichimoku kiln in 1969 and has exibited variously since 1976. His speciality is the piling-up and constructing shapes with flattend plates of clay (tatara) which after firering at a low temperature have a concrete-like appearance and are covered with an ash glaze.

Provenance

Private collection, Düsseldorf