A fabulous Seihakuji Koro by Fukami Sueharu enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Three points rise perfectly spaced about the shoulder, cascading down in razor edges to the base, The lid is pierced with three evenly spaced triangular holes about the finial to allow the smoke to escape. It has the artists signature incised into the base. The work is 7.5 cm (3 inches) diameter, 17.5 cm (7 inches) tall and in perfect condition wrapped in the original stamped cloth pouch.
Fukami Sueharu is synonymous with seihakuji celadon. He has been displayed numerous times at the prestigious Nitten, Nihon Togei Ten (National Japanese Ceramic Exhibition) and Nihon Gendai Kogei Ten (National Japanese Modern Crafts Exhibition) among others. He is held in the Yale University Museum among others. For more information on this artist a quick web-search, or a look at the article highlighting his life in the March 2005 edition of Orientations Magazine will be enlightening. The list of museums holding his work is, in fact, much to long for this page, but includes the National Museums of Modern Art, Tokyo /Kyoto / and Osaka, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Philadelphia St. Louis, Portland, Chicago, Minneapolis, Smithsonian, British Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, Musée national de céramique, Sèvres, Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf and the National Gallery of Australia among many others.
