Jun Isezaki (born in 1936)
Bizen style vase, Hidasuki technique
Clay
Signed beneath the base
Model created circa 1990
H 20 × L 7,5 × W 7,5 cm
Note: With its signed wooden box.
Biography:
Construction of an Anagama kiln in 1961. Member of the Japan Kogei Association in 1966. Awarded the Tõyõ Kaneshige prize (National living treasure) in 1981.
Declared National Living Treasure for his work on Bizen ceramic in 2004.
Exhibitions (other models by the artist):
- 'Mille ans de céramique japonaise à Bizen', Musée
National de la Céramique, 1997, Sèvres, France
- 'Beauty of Japanese Ceramics for 100 Years’,
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, 2006, Kasama, Japan
- 'Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan', British
Museum, 2007, London, United Kingdom
- 'Jun Isezaki', Museum für Angewandte Kunst,
2008, Frankfurt, Germany
- 'Contemporary Japanese Ceramics', Japanese embassy, 2014, Washington D.C, USA
- Kano Museum of Art (museum dedicated to Bizen),
Yasugi, Japan
- The British Museum London, United Kingdom
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
- Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo,
Japan
