A guinomi on a tall pedestal in white by female artist Koike Shoko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shiroi no Katachi (White form). It is 8 cm (3 inches) diameter, 6.8 cm (2-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Born in 1943, Koike Shoko graduated Japan’s top art school (the Tokyo University of Art) in 1969.Eschewing the world of public Exhibition, Shoko has concentrated on private venues and museums.Her list of exhibitions both within Japan and out is extensive, with works in any number of important public and private collections including the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo.For more on this artist see Soaring Voices (2007) or Touch Fire (2009)
