Japanese Works of Art - 17th May 2022
Lot 106
A JAPANESE GREEN-GLAZED FIGURE OF FUKUROKUJU
Estimate £200 - £300
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Description
A JAPANESE GREEN-GLAZED FIGURE OF FUKUROKUJU
MODERN, 20TH CENTURY
The God of Good Fortune typically depicted with an elongated forehead, wearing lose robes and with his hands neatly tucked in his sleeves, the surface with a mottled olive-green glaze, a seal mark in an oblong reserve at the back, 24.8cm.
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.