{"product_id":"contemporary-tamba-vase-2026-ー加古-勝己-灰赫陶","title":"Contemporary Tamba Vase 2026 ー加古 勝己 “灰赫陶”","description":"\u003cp\u003eA new work by Kako Katsumi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Haisekito and dating from this year. It is 19 x 11 x 40 cm (7-1\/2 x 4-1\/2 x 16 inches) and is in perfect condition, directly from the artist. The most significant aspect is in the treatment of pattern. In this work, the bands are sinuous, their movement subdued. The rhythm is slow and measured. The mouth here, while still asymmetrical, feels more integrated into the structure, like a deliberate incision. It does not interrupt the rhythm so much as participate in it. Materially, the surface has become even more emphatic. The granular texture is intensified, especially in the iron-rich red passages. The incised lines appear decisive, not a delicate boundary, but more like structural seams. The close-up reveals this clearly: the surface is not merely textured, but built, with a density that approaches relief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKako Katsumi was born in Kyoto in 1965, and graduated the ceramics department of Saga Art College in 1986. He was selected for the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition and the Kyoten held at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art in 1988, followed in 1989 by the National Ceramic Art Exhibition and Mino International Ceramics Exhibition.  He has since exhibited and or been selected\/ awarded many times at these prestigious events. He established his kiln in Nishiwaki City in 1991. In 1994 he worked in Melbourne. Australia, and would create a second kiln in 2001.  In 2004 he would be awarded the Prize of Excellence at the Tanabe Museum of Art Modern Tea Forms exhibition.  In 2005 he established his current kiln in Sasayama, Hyogo prefecture. In 2009 his work was featured at the Kikuchi Biennale Exhibition and the following year was awarded at the 4th Contemporary Tea Bowls Exhibition, and in 2011 was selected for the influential Paramita Ceramic Exhibition. 2013 saw him in New York, and 2014 at the Museum of Ceramic Art in Hyogo (Kobe).   Held in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kako Katsumi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725453824247,"sku":"KK37","price":175900.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/7472\/3063\/files\/2026-03-1811.21.55_2.jpg?v=1777604612","url":"https:\/\/kuramonzen.com\/ja\/products\/contemporary-tamba-vase-2026-%e3%83%bc%e5%8a%a0%e5%8f%a4-%e5%8b%9d%e5%b7%b1-%e7%81%b0%e8%b5%ab%e9%99%b6","provider":"Kura Monzen Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}