Philip Hafferty
Junior Specialist
Important works of art from an American private collection
Lot 801
MIYASHITA ZENJI (1939-2012)
Wind on a Dark Night
Heisei era (1989-2019), late 20th/early 21st century
Heisei era (1989-2019), late 20th/early 21st century
22 March 2023, 10:00 EDT
New YorkUS$8,000 - US$10,000
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Jeff Olson
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MIYASHITA ZENJI (1939-2012)
Wind on a Dark Night
Heisei era (1989-2019), late 20th/early 21st century
The flattened rhomboid stoneware body with thin layers of delicately gradated colored clay in irregular bands covering the whole surface, ranging from black to pale blue-gray, the narrow mouth, shoulder ridge, and sides finished in dark glaze, signed underneath in blue glaze MIYASHITA
Wood tomobako storage box inscribed Saidei kaki Anya no kaze (Colored clay vessel, "Wind on a Dark Night") and signed and sealed Zenji
12 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 5 7/8in (32.5 x 26 x 15cm)
Heisei era (1989-2019), late 20th/early 21st century
The flattened rhomboid stoneware body with thin layers of delicately gradated colored clay in irregular bands covering the whole surface, ranging from black to pale blue-gray, the narrow mouth, shoulder ridge, and sides finished in dark glaze, signed underneath in blue glaze MIYASHITA
Wood tomobako storage box inscribed Saidei kaki Anya no kaze (Colored clay vessel, "Wind on a Dark Night") and signed and sealed Zenji
12 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 5 7/8in (32.5 x 26 x 15cm)
Footnotes
Miyashita Zenji's works find pride of place in numerous American private and public collections, admired for their striking marriage of sculptural form with evocative decoration using clay with varying proportions of cobalt, chrome, and other metal-based pigments, applied in thin, overlapping bands with irregular edges.