An exquisite vase of ice-crackled glaze in pentagonal organic form by Kimura Nobuyuki exhibited at the 34th Nihon Kogei Kai Shinsaku Togeiten (National New Ceramic Art Works Exhibition) enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Toka Jika Tsubo (Peach Flower Open Vase). It is 27cm (11 inches) diameter, 28 cm (roughly the same) height and is in excellent condition.
Kimura Nobuyuki was born in 1965 in the Gojo-zaka pottery district of Kyoto, son of He graduated the Kyoto city Municipal Ceramic Research Facility in 1987. He completed his own studio and Kiln on the West side of Lake Biwa in Shiga prefecture on 1994. He has since been exhibited and awarded at the Nihon Dento Kogei Ten (National Traditional Crafts Exhibition) as well as the Nihon Togeiten (National Ceramics Exhibition) among many others.
