Tokuda Yasokichi III Saiyu Gradated-Glaze Flower Vase, Kutani, Signed Box

A tall flower vase (hanaike) by Tokuda Yasokichi III, the Kutani master of gradated colour glazes, with its signed wooden box.

Tokuda Yasokichi III (1933–2009) of Ishikawa transformed Kutani ware with saiyū, his luminous graded colour glazes that shift from deep indigo through blues, greens and violets across the surface of the vessel. Born Tokuda Masahiko, he was designated a Living National Treasure, and his gradated glaze vessels are among the most recognisable works of post-war Japanese ceramics. This narrow 24 cm form shows how his colour bands wrap and flow around a vessel.

Details

• Artist: Tokuda Yasokichi III (三代 徳田八十吉)
• Title: 花生 (flower vase)
• Size: diameter 10 cm × height 24 cm
• Glazed porcelain, Kutani
• Original signed wooden box (tomobako)
• Condition: good per the dealer; pre-owned

Watch: a saiyu bowl by Tokuda Yasokichi III

A short film of Tokuda Yasokichi III's gradated-glaze bowl "Reimei", from the Kutani Yaso channel. (Not this specific piece.)

Please read before ordering

• One of a kind. We confirm availability with the dealer in Japan within one business day of your order; if it has sold we refund in full immediately.
• Ships from New Jersey in 2–3 weeks. Price includes all import duties. Fully insured, signature required.
• Professionally double-boxed for shipping.