Japanese Works of Art - 17 May 2022
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A JAPANESE SHIGARAKI OKIMONO OF A TANUKI ON A MOKUGYO
A JAPANESE SHIGARAKI OKIMONO OF A TANUKI ON A MOKUGYO
MODERN, 20TH CENTURY
The racoon-dog depicted clambering upon a giant temple bell, wearing monk's robes and holding a hossu fly-whisk in its left paw, 19.5cm.
Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire.