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Taizo Kuroda — Untitled White Porcelain (Hachi) | 2006
Taizo Kuroda

Untitled White Porcelain (Hachi) | 2006

This work exemplifies Kuroda's refined exploration of ceramic form and minimalist aesthetics, utilizing white porcelain to emphasize subtle variations in surface and silhouette. The hachi, a traditional Japanese bowl form, becomes a vehicle for contemporary artistic inquiry into materiality and the relationship between functional vessel and fine art object. Through its restrained palette and careful attention to proportions, the piece demonstrates how traditional craft techniques can serve modernist concerns with essential form and visual reduction.

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Art of Japan

October 29, 2024

Estimate: $8,000$10,000

Lot 12

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Taizo Kuroda, Untitled White Porcelain (Hachi) | 2006

This work exemplifies Kuroda's refined exploration of ceramic form and minimalist aesthetics, utilizing white porcelain to emphasize subtle variations in surface and silhouette. The hachi, a traditional Japanese bowl form, becomes a vehicle for contemporary artistic inquiry into materiality and the relationship between functional vessel and fine art object. Through its restrained palette and careful attention to proportions, the piece demonstrates how traditional craft techniques can serve modernist concerns with essential form and visual reduction.

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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Ceramic Vessel, Porcelain, Abstract formalism, Functional Sculpture, Japanese Artist, 21st Century, White Monochromatic, Serene Aesthetic, Contemporary Art, Minimalism

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