Bowl with Flowing Line Design in Urushi Carving

H 14.5 x W 36 x D 25 cm,Year.2024
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Shozo Kitaoka

1949 -
  • Lacquerware
  • Awarded 7 times at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
  • Price Range $4,000 - 38,000
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Description

  • Category
    Lacquerware
  • Dimensions
    H 14.5 x W 36 x D 25 cm
  • Year presented
    2024
  • Rarity
    Unique

Techniques Used

Carved lacquer

Carved lacquer (choshitsu) is made by first coating a piece in dozens of layers of colored lacquer. Then, a carving blade is used to cut into the lacquer and produce three-dimensional relief carvings.

Awards received

  • The 42nd Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2024)
  • MEXT Award

Comment on Award

There are four rivers in Takamatsu where I live, and they all flow into the Seto Inland Sea. As I enjoyed the movement of the waves at the mouth of the river, I used it as the design for this piece. I used dry lacquer to form a base to make it easier to express the movement of the waves. I applied approximately 50 layers of gradations of indigo, green and white colored lacquer, and carved it to depict the movement of the waves.
(from the Japan Kōgei Association Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition Catalogue)

Shozo Kitaoka

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