{"product_id":"unusually-colorful-vase-ー加古-勝己-彩陶","title":"Unusually Colorful Vase ー加古 勝己 “彩陶”","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vessel by Kako Katsumi created in 2022and enclosed in the original singed wooden box titled Saito (colored clay). Across its surface, vertical bands of color flow uninterrupted from base to rim, their gentle undulations suggesting the slow drift of sediment. Iron-red dominates, interwoven with pale white, muted celadon-green, and ochre yellow, each band separated by finely incised lines that anchor the composition without interrupting its rhythm. The surface is richly tactile: matte, granular, and subtly variegated, with minute pitting and tonal shifts that catch light unevenly. This textured skin softens the brightness of the palette, allowing the colors to feel embedded rather than applied. Inside, the vessel is left largely unadorned, its darker, quieter interior forming a counterpoint to the animated exterior. Measuring 25 x 20.7 x 28.5 cm (10 x 8 x 11-1\/2 inches) it exemplifies Kako’s exploration of color as structure—where line, hue, and form are inseparable, and the vessel becomes a field through which movement is made visible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKako Katsumi was born in Kyoto in 1965, and graduated the ceramics department of Saga Art College in 1986. He was selected for the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition and the Kyoten held at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art in 1988, followed in 1989 by the National Ceramic Art Exhibition and Mino International Ceramics Exhibition.  He has since exhibited and or been selected\/ awarded many times at these prestigious events.  He established his kiln in Nishiwaki City in 1991. In 1994 he worked in Melbourne. Australia, and would create a second kiln in 2001.  In 2004 he would be awarded the Prize of Excellence at the Tanabe Museum of Art Modern Tea Forms exhibition.  In 2005 he established his current kiln in Sasayama, Hyogo prefecture. In 2009 his work was featured at the Kikuchi Biennale Exhibition and the following year was awarded at the 4th Contemporary Tea Bowls Exhibition, and in 2011 was selected for the influential Paramita Ceramic Exhibition. 2013 saw him in New York, and 2014 at the Museum of Ceramic Art in Hyogo (Kobe).   Held in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kako Katsumi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725448351991,"sku":"MC1550","price":204800.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/7472\/3063\/files\/2026-03-0816.45.03_2.jpg?v=1777604348","url":"https:\/\/kuramonzen.com\/products\/unusually-colorful-vase-%e3%83%bc%e5%8a%a0%e5%8f%a4-%e5%8b%9d%e5%b7%b1-%e5%bd%a9%e9%99%b6","provider":"Kura Monzen Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}