Fabulous Hagi Platter ー三輪 栄造 “萩皿”
Fabulous Hagi Platter ー三輪 栄造 “萩皿”
Item Code: MC1345
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A spectacular platter covered in crawling sunrise glaze by Miwa Eizo enclosed in the original signed wooden box simply titled Hagi Sara. It is 31.5 cm (12-1/2 inches) square, 7 cm (2-3/4 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Miwa Eizo (1946-1999) was born the second son of Living National Treasure Miwa Kyusetsu XI. He graduated the Private Musashino Art University and was a member of Japanese Traditional Crafts Society, often displayed at their National Exhibition (Nihon Dento Togeiten). He was recipient of top prize at the Tanabe Museums prestigious Modern Tea Forms Exhibition (Gendai Cha no Yu Zokei Ten). ). Unfortunately, he died in 1999 at the early age of fifty two. His brother Ryosaku succeeded the family name as Miwa Kyusetsu XII. He is held in the collection of the British Museum and The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo among others. For more on this artist see the book: The Ceramic Works of Eizo Miwa (2001) published posthumously by the preeminent Kuroda Toen art gallery of Tokyo.
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