Sueharu Fukami (Japanese, b. 1947) Sculptural Vessel

Sueharu Fukami (Japanese, b. 1947) Sculptural Vessel, Kyoto, Japan, 2000

Glazed porcelain
Incised mark to underside, with original inscribed artist's tomobako.

(Dia: 17 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Property from The Goldman Family Collection, San Francisco Bay Area, California
Acquired directly from the artist, 2000.

Footnote:

Note

Sueharu Fukami was born in Kyoto into a family with strong ceramic connections. His sculptures of high pressure-molded "blades" and "waves" are finished with his signature qingbai blue-green glaze. At the age of twenty, he was invited to show his work at the prestigious Nitten Exhibition. Years later, he won the 1985 Premio Faenza at the annual ceramic art exhibition of Faenza, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Sueharu's elegant wares, where crisp edges are contrasted with subtle curves reminiscent of waves or gently-folded paper, may be found in numerous museums worldwide, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Musee National de Ceramique, France.

Condition report:

Minor wear and soiling to box, vessel in nearly pristine condition with very little surface wear, two professionally restored minor flakes to rim, slight soiling to foot, very slight roughness to sections of rim, likely from execution.