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Sake ware
Sake cup Kutani Yasokichi Tokuda III
item # 90
Item Description
Sale! It was $980.00.
Designated a Living National Treasure
Production District: Kutani (Ishikawa, JAPAN)
Potter: Yasokichi Tokuda III
Cup Height: 1-3/8 inch (35mm)
Top of the Cup Diameter: 3 inches (76mm)
Cup Capacity: approximately 2 oz. (60ml)
Dish Washer: Not recommended
Microwave: Not microwave safe
Box: Wooden box
Attention: Only one sake cup like this in the world. Only one order is acceptable.
Who is Yasokichi Tokuda III?
Yasokichi Tokuda III was born as Masahiko and started potting at 18 years old. He took the potter name Yasokichi in 1988 from his father. His grandfather, the first Yasokichi reproduced many of Kutani's lost traditional glazes. The skills have been taken over Yasokichi III with tremendous acclaim.
Yasokichi Tokuda I (1873-1956)
1953 Designated a Living National Treasure of pottery painting.
Yasokichi Tokuda II (1907-1997)
1975 Designated as an important intangible cultural treasure of Ishikawa prefecture.
Yasokichi Tokuda III (1933-now)
1992 Designated as an important intangible cultural treasure of Ishikawa prefecture.
1993 Prize Medal of Honor from the government of Japan.
In the collection of the Smithsonian Sackler Gallery in Washington DC.
In the collection of the British Museum.
1997 Designated a Living National Treasure of pottery painting.
1998 In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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