Gaseous red galactic clouds shimmer on the surface both inside and out of this stellar Balck Raku Tea Bowl by Hashimoto Tomonari enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Raku-yaki Yohen Tsutsu Chawan. It is 11.5 cm (4-1/2 inches) diameter 10 cm (4 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Hashimoto Tomonari was born in Wakayama the son of a sculptor in 1990 and has felt comfortable with the processes of creation since childhood. He graduated with a PHD from the Kanazawa University of Art in 2017, then relocated to Shigaraki. He was named a finalist for the Loewe Craft Prize in 2019 and is making international waves around the world being shown in such faraway places as Paris, London, Basel, Moscow, New York Hong Kong and Miami. Work by him is held in the V&A in London, LACMA, Houston MFA, University of Georgia, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Hyogo Prefectural Ceramic Art Museum, LOEWE Foundation in Madrid, KOREA Ceramic Foundation, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Museum of Oriental Ceramics in Osaka and a large sculpture has recently been installed in his home prefecture of Wakayama.
