Japanese Vase
signature reads: Nishiura (opening: 4 7/8" diameter). About the artist: Nishiura Takeshi was born in Fukui prefecture in 1941, and graduated the Tokyo University Law Department in 1965. In 1974 he gave up law to pursue his lifelong dream down the potters path, establishing his first kiln the following year. Low production, he fires from an anagama with his wife and daughter.
- Period
- c.1980
- Origin
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 12 7/8" h x 14" diam
- 32.7cm h x 35.6cm diam
- Item #
- A5288