Furrows of torn earth are filled with crackled green glass creating this spectacular large dish by important contemporary artist Tanimoto Yo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Sara. It is 37.5 cm (15 inches) diameter and in excellent condition.
Born in 1958 the son of Iga potter Tanimoto Kosei, Yo was raised among the kilns and has always had his hands in clay. He first began exhibiting in 1982, and in 1984 moved to Europe where he studied oil painting and sculpture (in Spain), and set up a pottery studio outside Paris. After returning to Japan he set up his own studio in 1988, working both in Japan and Spain. Since his works have been exhibited widely, both domestically and abroad in New York, London, Barcelona and Paris.
