Japanese Blue Salt Glaze KARATSU Kuromuta MARUTA MASAMI Pottery Ceramic Vase
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Karatsu ware *
Mashiko ware *
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Type: Small Bottle Vase
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: Mid 20th C. (1900s)
Origin/Maker: Marked Maruta Masami (丸田正美, 1925 - 1979), a student of Hamada Shoji, he developed Kuromuta yaki style which blended Karatsu style together with Hamada Shoji's Mashiko style.
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Born in Kuromuta, Takeo City, Saga Prefecture, he grew up in familiarity with pottery from an early age. After graduating from the Ceramics Department of Arita Technical High School, he became a disciple of Hamada Shoji of Mashiko, and after that he continued to practice at Mashiko, Hagi, and Tobe. He established the unique Karatsu ware that incorporates the advantages of various kilns, and built a kiln in Kuromuta in 1962.
From then on, he was selected as one of the leading artists of Kyushu folk art, and won many prizes at the Kyushu Ceramics Exhibition, Japanese Traditional Crafts Exhibition and Japanese Crafts Exhibition.
Size: 3 1/4" tall (8.255 cm)
Weight: 6.9 oz (196 g)
Provenance:
Collected: Yamato antique market, SEP 2023
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos.
Subject: Decorated with blue salt glaze in the Kuromuta yaki style developed by Maruta Masami I.
Location:
Japanese Blue Salt Glaze KARATSU Kuromuta MARUTA MASAMI Pottery Ceramic Vase
www.ebay.com/sch/xcoasterxtreme/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&rt=nc&LH_Auction=1
See also:
Karatsu ware *
Mashiko ware *
Famous Potters & Living National Treasures *
Type: Small Bottle Vase
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: Mid 20th C. (1900s)
Origin/Maker: Marked Maruta Masami (丸田正美, 1925 - 1979), a student of Hamada Shoji, he developed Kuromuta yaki style which blended Karatsu style together with Hamada Shoji's Mashiko style.
(japanese-ceramics.com/maruta-masami-%E4%B8%B8%E7%94%B0%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%8E/)
Born in Kuromuta, Takeo City, Saga Prefecture, he grew up in familiarity with pottery from an early age. After graduating from the Ceramics Department of Arita Technical High School, he became a disciple of Hamada Shoji of Mashiko, and after that he continued to practice at Mashiko, Hagi, and Tobe. He established the unique Karatsu ware that incorporates the advantages of various kilns, and built a kiln in Kuromuta in 1962.
From then on, he was selected as one of the leading artists of Kyushu folk art, and won many prizes at the Kyushu Ceramics Exhibition, Japanese Traditional Crafts Exhibition and Japanese Crafts Exhibition.
Size: 3 1/4" tall (8.255 cm)
Weight: 6.9 oz (196 g)
Provenance:
Collected: Yamato antique market, SEP 2023
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos.
Subject: Decorated with blue salt glaze in the Kuromuta yaki style developed by Maruta Masami I.
Location:
Japanese Blue Salt Glaze KARATSU Kuromuta MARUTA MASAMI Pottery Ceramic Vase
