Posted 4 years ago
kwqd
(1121 items)
This small bowl is just under 4" in diameter and has a ground base. It came with its original tomo-bako (wooden box), sanado-himo (string) and ukon-fu/tomo-kire (tumeric cloth). I acquired this piece from a reputable dealer in Japan and it was a very enjoyable experience. I have been looking for a piece by Iwata Toshichi, with tomo-bako, and was delighted to find this little bowl. It has so much going on, as if Iwata poured extra spirit and effort into making it due to its small size. Using the dealer's images, with permission, as they are very well done and I could not do better.
Iwata Toshichi (1893-1980) is considered to be the founding father of Modern art glass making in Japan. Iwata graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts metal-craft department in 1918. He then earned a BA in Western (Oil) Painting in 1923. Iwata next moved to study glass under Imamura Shigezo at the Tachibana Glass Factory. He and wife Iwata Itoko founded the Iwata Glass Industrial Company in 1947. Iwata exhibited his works at the Nitten National Exhibition before and after the Second World War, serving as an exhibition judge there later in life. Iwata received the Japan Art Academy Prize in 1951. In 1972 he founded the Japan Glass Art and Crafts Association. He was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1980 by the Emperor for his lifetime of devotion to the arts. His works have been collected by the The National Museums of Modern Art, in both Tokyo and Kyoto, and several of his pieces are held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York among many others.
Totally gorgeous bowl Kevin, the different textures in the design are amazing
Image one drew me in.......magnificent! Like nothing I've seen before !!!
@Newfld - Thanks for your comment, Jenni! I agree!
@sklo42- Thanks for your coment, sklo42! It is pieces like this that make me consider how my collection will be dispersed when the time comes. Pretty sure this piece will go to a museum so it can be enjoyed by many people.
Thanks for loving my little Iwata bowl sklo42, aura, Hoot60 and Jenni!
Fabulous !.!!.!
@vetraio50 - Thanks Kevin!
@Ms.CrystalShip - Thanks for you comments, Eileen! The Japanese were, and are, very much into spiritual titles.
Thanks for loving my Iwata Toshichi bowl bobby725, SEAN68, Eileen, Kevin and MALKEY!
Thank you Watchsearcher!
Yes, your image drew me in also! Just Fabulous!!!
Excellent use of your stimulus money. :+)
@shareurpassion - Thanks for your comment! It is a spellbinding little bowl, I think.
@artfoot - ;0)
Thanks for taking the time to look at my little Iwata bowl fortapache, shareurpassion and artfoot!
Thank you very much iggy!
Thanks for loving my Iwata bowl Thomas!
Thank you Vynil33rpm, I appreciate you taking time to look at my little Iwata bowl!
Thanks for taking time to look at and love my Iwata Toshichi bowl lisa, Broochman and officialfuel!
It's a beauty Kevin, and just a great piece of Toshichi Iwata.
It is a very measured piece for him I think, with the deliberate 4 strokes of black and the carefully placed colours and gold sheet. It still shows his loose style though. Fantastic find!
Congratulations.
Thanks Karen! I really like this one, too. I like smaller pieces so long as they have some complexity. This one was carefully planned and executed.
Thanks for taking a look at my Iwata Toshichi bowl apostata!
Thank you very much antiquerose!
if you can create this, you must be coming from heaven
Agreed.
Thanks for your comments apostata and Kevin. It is a pretty special piece. I just missed getting another one of these that Iwata Toshichi made with different materials and colors but in the same size and shape.
I have had to have another look at this one Kevin.
Awesome!
Thanks, Karen! Another on waiting on the special display case...