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Yagi Akira

Koro ー"青白磁 和香炉"

Koro ー"青白磁 和香炉"

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An exquisite celadon koro handgs suspended in a stylish structure by Yagi Akira enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Seihakuji Wa-goro.  It is 18.5 cm (7-1/2 inches) diameter, 31 cm (12-1/4 inches) tall and in perfect condition.

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.

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