A highly detailed spiraling double-gourd shaped pair of bottles, the flattened sides decorated with alternating designs o florals and intricate geometrics by the elusive Nakamura Shuto enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Each is 8 cm (3 inches) diameter, 18 cm (7 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Nakamura Shuto I (1865-1928) was born the son of famous Kaga potter of Daishoji Temple Nakamura Shigeichiro from whom, along with Takeuchi Ginshu from the age of 12, he initially studied pottery and painting techniques.Delving into the past he researched and revived ancient kiln techniques.From 1906 he took the name Shuto, and became famous throughout Japan for superb quality ceramics rivaling the best wares produced in Kutani.Suddenly in Taisho 2 (1913) he switched to painting and design, and then in 1917 combined the two disciplines in a new approach using a kiln he created in his home.Works by him are held in the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum among others.
