
Against the Winds
2010
Glazed stoneware with colored-clay bands
18 3/4 x 19 x 5 inches
Inv# 10872
SOLD
Tall, rectangular blue and green vase with black-glazed top
2004
Stoneware and colored clay bands
21 5/8 x 12 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches
Inv# 8846
SOLD
Far Away
2002
Glazed stoneware
14 x 13 1/2 inches
Inv# 10871
SOLD
Flattened and lobed vase with bands of colored clay in graduated hues of dark blue to light blue
2002
20 7/8 x 14 1/2 x 8 5/8 in.
Inv# 8173
SOLD
Flattened standing vessel with banding of colored clay in graduated tones from pink to dark blue
1991
Stoneware decorated with banding of colored clay
16 1/8 x 13 1/8 x 3 1/4 x in.
Inv# 9172
SOLD
Flattened ovoid standing vessel
ca. 1988
Stoneware with colored-clay banding
14 5/8 x 9 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches
Inv# 9831
SOLD
Miyashita Zenji was born in Kyoto to the eldest son of the distinguished porcelain artist, Miyashita Zenju (1901-1968). He was trained academically by the ceramic-sculptor Kiyomizu Kyubei at Kyoto Municipal University of Art and Music. Soon thereafter his career took off after affiliating with the Nitten Group and exhibiting in their annual competitions, which he won 18 times. He subsequently won numerous prizes, his successes establishing him as a major talent in Japanese ceramics. His works have been included in many exhibitions throughout the world and his work has been acquired by major museums in Japan, the US and Europe. Using a saidei (colored clay) technique, Miyashita applied these extremely thin layers of clay in irregular bands to cover the surface of each vessel. Ranging in gradient tones from deep purple to faint pink or from dark blue to the palest green, these layers transform into distant hills, drifting clouds or rolling waves.