Shimaoka Tatsuzo
A Stoneware yunomi [tea cup] with Inlaid Rope Pattern
the cup with impressed rope patterns inlaid in slip, a central roundel with brushwork, the base with impressed artist's mark "Ta", with fitted wood storage box signed and sealed Tatsuzo and inscribed Hatsugama yunomi (Tea cup, first firing of the new year).
Sotheby’s 2021 auction estimate range
£400 – £600
- Artist
- Shimaoka Tatsuzo
- Object
- Yunomi / Tea Cup
- Period
- Showa period, 20th century
- Origin
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 3⅞ in. diam.
- Quantity
- 2 pieces
- Reference
- BYFTD
- Lot number
- 62
- Provenance
- Joji Wago
Additional photographs and a condition report are available on request. Estimates are based on the 2021 Sotheby’s valuation prepared from photographic evidence and may be subject to revision upon physical inspection, further research, market changes, or specialist review.
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