Vase - Porcelain - Japan - No customs duties for EU buyers - Fujii Shumei (藤井朱明, 1936–2017) - Shumeigama (四明窯)

Vase — “Spring over the Mountains of Arita” by Fujii Shumei - Very large format

From the collection of Mr. D, Europe.
Shipped from Europe: no customs fees for EU bidders.

Rare on the European market. Very large round-bodied porcelain vase with a trilobed neck, made by Fujii Shumei (1936–2017), master ceramist of Arita, circa 1990. With its generous dimensions (34 × 30 cm), the piece stands as an exceptional display-format work within the artist’s output. The cobalt blue underglaze decoration, executed using the konoha-gihō (木の葉技法) technique unique to the artist, reproduces leaf imprints made by pressing leaves directly onto the unfired clay. Against the luminous white ground of Arita porcelain, the botanical motifs evoke the renewal of spring across the region’s mountains. Signed. Very good condition.

Dimensions
Height: 34 cm — Diameter: 30 cm

Fujii Shumei (1936–2017)
A ceramist from Arita (Saga Prefecture), Fujii Shumei founded the Shumeigama kiln in 1974. A regular exhibitor at the Nitten (National Fine Arts Exhibition of Japan), he received the Saga Prefecture Cultural Achievement Award in 1994. His work, based on the konoha-gihō technique — cobalt blue underglaze decoration using leaf imprints — is represented in the collections of the British Museum. He is considered one of the masters of contemporary Arita porcelain.

Vase — “Spring over the Mountains of Arita” by Fujii Shumei

From the collection of Mr. D, Europe.
Shipped from Europe: no customs fees for EU bidders.

Rare on the European market. Very large round-bodied vase with a trilobed neck in porcelain, by Fujii Shumei (1936–2017), master ceramist of Arita, circa 1990. With its generous dimensions (34 × 30 cm), the piece stands as an exceptional display-format work within the artist’s output. The cobalt blue underglaze decoration is executed in the konoha-gihō (木の葉技法) technique unique to the artist, whereby leaf imprints are pressed directly onto the unfired clay. Against the luminous white ground of Arita porcelain, the botanical motifs evoke the spring renewal over the mountains of the region. Signed piece. Very good condition.

Dimensions
Height: 34 cm — Diameter: 30 cm

Fujii Shumei (1936–2017)
Born in Arita (Saga Prefecture), Fujii Shumei founded the Shumeigama kiln in 1974. A regular exhibitor at the Nitten (National Fine Arts Exhibition of Japan), he received the Saga Prefecture Cultural Achievement Award in 1994. His work, centred on the konoha-gihō technique — cobalt blue underglaze decoration through leaf imprinting — is held in the collections of the British Museum. He is regarded as one of the leading masters of contemporary Arita porcelain.