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A blade of sheer porcelain covered in red lacquer buffed down to refveal the texture of the clay by Yagi Akira enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Jiken TEMPERAMENT 92-13.It is 4.5 x 2 x 45 cm (2 x 1 x 18 inches) and in perfect condition, with the original wooden stand and display case.
Yagi Akira was born in Kyoto in 1955, son of avant garde Yagi Kazuo (1918-1979) one of the founding members of Sodeisha. Akira was voted one of the 20 most important living artists by Honoho, Japans premier printed ceramic forum. Works by the artist are held in the British Museum, Victoria Albert Museum, Cleveland Art Museum, Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian and Tokyo Museum of Modern Art among many others. He was also the recipient of the Japan Ceramic Society (JCS) award in 1998, one in a long and prestigious list of awards. For more see “Quiet Clarity, Rin” (1996) or the aforementioned “Contemporary Clay, Japanese Ceramics for the New Century “(2005) by Joe Earle.
