NISHIHATA TADASHI 西端正 (B.1948) A Tanba-Ware Sake Set Heisei era (1989-2019), 2006 Comprising a tokkuri (bottle) and two guinomi (cups) with akadobeyū glaze, the tokkuri also with extensive white ash glaze; with three tomobako (wood storage boxes) inscribed and signed Akadobe guinomi Tadashi tsukuru and Haiyū tokkuri Tadashi tsukuru, sealed Tadashi in 5 3/8in (13.6cm) high, bottle; 2 7/8 x 2 3/8in (7.3 x 6cm), the largest cup (3). Footnotes: Provenance Japan Society Exhibition Store, purchased during the 'Contemporary Clay' exhibition Nishihata Tadashi is the best-known potter active today in Tanba, a mountainous region west of Kyoto where ash-glazed stoneware has been made for at least eight centuries. After years of experimentation, in 2001 he succeeded in reviving akadobeyū, a seventeenth-century glazing technique, unique to Tanba, that produces a distinctive rich, glossy brick-red coloration. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing