Shimaoka Tatsuzo (1919-2007)


A stoneware dishShowa era (1926-1989), circa 1990The square dish decorated in iron oxide and blue glaze with roundels of stylized blossoms, the body with slip-inlaid impressed rope pattern, signed on the underside with impressed seal in katakana, TaWith a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Ji uwagusuri zogan Jomon kakuzara (Glazed rope-impressed square dish), signed and sealed Tatsuzo 8 5/8 x 8 5/8in (21.9 x 21.9cm)
|ProvenancePurchased in 1990 from the artist's studio by Jasper Bond, one of the artist's apprentices and later acquired by the current ownerExhibitedNevada Museum of Art, Reno, "Subtle Beauty: Modern Japanese Ceramics from the Collection of Joel Barish," March-April, 2008.