A natural ash glazed guinomi showing off fine hi-iro flame coloration on the raw clay by Tanimoto Yo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Guinomi Kaze no Ne (The sound of the wind). It is 8 cm (3 plus inches) diameter, 6 cm (2-1/2 inches) tall 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.
