13th Jun, 2025 10:00
Fine Japanese Art
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HARA MASUO: A BRONZE FLOWER VASE
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
By Hara Masuo, signed Masuo saku
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
The body formed as three stacked oblate spheroids, supported on a short foot, and rising to an elongated neck with everted rim. The bronze of a deep red tone with mottled patterns. The recessed based engraved with the signature MATSUO saku [made by Matsuo].
HEIGHT 29 cm
WEIGHT 1.7 kg
Condition: Excellent condition with minimal wear.
With a wood tomobako inscribed to the top of the cover, ‘Cast bronze vase with purple mottled finish’, the interior of the cover signed ‘made by Hara Masuo’ with the artist’s seal ‘Sosendo’.
Hara Masuo (born 1934) began to study metal crafting under Kitahara Sankei, a prominent member of the Nitten exhibitions and former president of the Japan Art Crafts Association. At just 23 years of age, he became a member of both the Chukinka Kyokai (Cast Metal Artists Association) and the Echigo Kogeikai (Echigo region of the Japan Art Crafts Association). He was awarded six times at the Nitten exhibitions (including one ‘Special Award’ and the ‘North Polar Star Award’). In 1961 Masuo exhibited at the Nitten exhibition and became a member of the Gendai Kogei bijutsuka kyokai (Modern Art Crafts Artists Association) and in 1963 he received an award from the Niigata Prefectural Art exhibitions. He received many awards in the latter half of his career, including two from the Japanese government. In 2006 his recognition at the Nitten exhibitions was rewarded when he became the President of the organization. One of his latest exhibitions was in 2009 at the Centre of Culture and Industry of Kashiwazaki city, Niigata Prefecture, where he now resides as a respected and accomplished artist.
By Hara Masuo, signed Masuo saku
Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
The body formed as three stacked oblate spheroids, supported on a short foot, and rising to an elongated neck with everted rim. The bronze of a deep red tone with mottled patterns. The recessed based engraved with the signature MATSUO saku [made by Matsuo].
HEIGHT 29 cm
WEIGHT 1.7 kg
Condition: Excellent condition with minimal wear.
With a wood tomobako inscribed to the top of the cover, ‘Cast bronze vase with purple mottled finish’, the interior of the cover signed ‘made by Hara Masuo’ with the artist’s seal ‘Sosendo’.
Hara Masuo (born 1934) began to study metal crafting under Kitahara Sankei, a prominent member of the Nitten exhibitions and former president of the Japan Art Crafts Association. At just 23 years of age, he became a member of both the Chukinka Kyokai (Cast Metal Artists Association) and the Echigo Kogeikai (Echigo region of the Japan Art Crafts Association). He was awarded six times at the Nitten exhibitions (including one ‘Special Award’ and the ‘North Polar Star Award’). In 1961 Masuo exhibited at the Nitten exhibition and became a member of the Gendai Kogei bijutsuka kyokai (Modern Art Crafts Artists Association) and in 1963 he received an award from the Niigata Prefectural Art exhibitions. He received many awards in the latter half of his career, including two from the Japanese government. In 2006 his recognition at the Nitten exhibitions was rewarded when he became the President of the organization. One of his latest exhibitions was in 2009 at the Centre of Culture and Industry of Kashiwazaki city, Niigata Prefecture, where he now resides as a respected and accomplished artist.
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