Ishiguro Munemaro (1893-1968)


A stoneware tea bowlShowa era (1926-1989), mid-20th centuryThe wide bowl tapering to a small ring foot and covered in a thick tenmoku glazeWith a lacquered wood outer tomobako storage box and a wood tomobako storage box inscribed on the lid Tenmoku yu chawan Ishiguro Munemaro saku (Teabowl with tenmoku glaze by Ishiguro Munemaro) and signed and sealed by the artist 6 1/2in (16.5cm) diameter
|ProvenancePreviously sold Phillips, New York, May 17, 2000, lot 74.ExhibitedNevada Museum of Art, Reno, "Subtle Beauty: Modern Japanese Ceramics from the Collection of Joel Barish," March-April, 2008.