A VASE BY MIYANOHARA KEN SIGNED: KEN

JAPAN C.1960

CERAMIC TO INCLUDE ORIGINAL BOX MIYANOHARA KEN (1898 - 1977) AFTER READING ARCHITECTURE AT WASEDA UNIVERSITY IN TOKYO, MIYANOHARA TURNED TO POTTERY MAKING UNDER MIYAGAWA KOZAN II (1859-1940). HE JOINED THE POTTER'S GROUP TOTOKAI LED BY ITAYA HAZAN (1872-1963). ACCEPTED AT THE TEITEN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1929, HE WON TWO TOKUSEN PRIZES THERE IN 1931 AND 1932. ALSO SELECTED AS A JUDGE FOR THE SHIN-BUNTEN AND THE NITTEN SEVERAL TIMES, HE BECAME AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN 1969. A LEAFLET ACCOMPANYING THIS PIECE GIVES THE DETAILS OF HIS CAREER UP TO 1956, SUGGESTING THAT THE VASE DATES FROM THAT YEAR OR SLIGHTLY AFTER. A PIECE OF SIMILAR STYLE WAS EXHIBITED BY HIM AT THE NITTEN IN 1960.

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