Wajima-nuri (Kaisuke Konishi Carving) "Hika no Zu" Chinkin Black Lacquer Soup Bowls, Set of 2 (with Turmeric Cloth)

◇ Wajima Lacquerware (Carved by Chinkin Artist Keisuke Konishi)
Hika no Zu Chinkin Black Rurui Lacquer Soup Bowls, Set of 2
Unused, long-term storage item (no box, with turmeric cloth)
◇ Size: Diameter 12cm, Height 11cm (including lid), 8cm (bowl only)
◇ The Hika (cottonwood fluff) pattern is only on the lid. The main body of the soup bowl is finished in a calm and elegant black rurui lacquer with a carved signature on the lower part of the body. (There is no box, but each bowl comes with its own turmeric cloth (one 48cm square and one 17cm square, totaling 2 cloths).)
◇ The Hika (cottonwood fluff) pattern is only on the lid. The main body is finished in black rurui lacquer with only a signature, creating a calm and elegant design.

◇ Keisuke Konishi
A lacquer artist whose work is characterized by fantastical expressions achieved through the combined techniques of chinkin and the use of colored powders (Exhibitor, Japan Art Exhibition).
Learned the chinkin technique from his father, Hiroshi.
First selected for the 9th Japan Art Exhibition (New Japan Art Exhibition) in 1966.
Received Special Selection Awards at the 20th Japan Art Exhibition in 1988 and the 24th Japan Art Exhibition in 1992. Received the 30th Japan Art Exhibition Member Award.
Received the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award at the 33rd Japan Art Exhibition.
Has served as a member of the Japan Art Exhibition, representative of the Nikokai Fuku, standing director of the Ishikawa Prefectural Art and Culture Association, and standing director of the Wajima City Cultural Association.
Born in 1939~

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