(1943-2013)
KURIKI TATSUSUKE studied under Tomimoto Kenkichi, Fujimoto Yoshimichi, Kondo Yūzō and Kiyomizu Rokubey VII. He is celebrated for his meticulous approach to ceramics, carefully designing the surface of each piece, often formed in an asymmetrical fashion and utilizing a silver glaze over varying matte surfaces. The form of each vessel is always reflected in the design of the surface, one enhancing the other. A reclusive artist, his works were exceptionally rare and his output during his lifetime remarkably scant. Although born in Seto, he both studied and later taught at Kyoto City University of Arts, when after 1990 he ceased working as an artist to focus exclusively on teaching. He has long been considered one of the most important figures of the late twentieth century Japanese ceramics movement.
Fan-shaped slightly flattened vessel decorated with abstract patterning
1982
Glazed stoneware
17 7/8 x 7 1/4 x 11 7/8 in.
SOLD
Vertical leaning vase with geometric pattern
1983
Glazed stoneware
27 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 11 3/8 in.
SOLD
Bent vessel with woven-pattern decoration
1988
Stoneware with resist-applied iron slip decoration and thin silver glaze
11 x 8 1/2 in.
Inv# 8861
SOLD
Rounded-square vessel with white and silver geometric glaze design
1972
Stoneware with white and silver glazing
10 x 4 x 4 in.
SOLD
Columnar, slightly bent vessel
1984
Stoneware with resist-applied iron slip decoration and thin silver glaze
11 3/8 x 6 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
Inv# 9784
SOLD
Rounded, leaning vase with linear patterning and metallic glaze
1988
Stoneware
11 1/4 x 7 x 7 in.
SOLD
Ovoid vessel with black and silver glazes, with geometric ‘woven’ pattern
1988
Glazed stoneware
9 x 7 x 8 1/4 in.
Inv# 5680
SOLD
Conical and rounded vase decorated with abstract patterning in silver and dusty green glaze and dots in black glaze
1982
Glazed stoneware
11 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.
Inv# 10097
SOLD
White-glazed oval tsubo (vessel)
ca. 1979
Glazed stoneware with silver overglaze
9 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.
Inv# 10758
SOLD
