{"product_id":"kimura-yoshiro-set-of-five-heki-yu-kimura-blue-plates-with-tomobako-sold","title":"Kimura Yoshiro — Set of Five Heki-yu 'Kimura Blue' Plates, with Tomobako (Sold)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis piece has found its home.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is kept here as a record of what has passed through our hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA set of five stoneware plates (\u003cem\u003eshichisun-zara\u003c\/em\u003e) by Kimura Yoshiro (b. 1946) — one of Japan's most distinguished living ceramic artists, and the originator of the glaze known as \u003cem\u003eKimura Blue\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach plate, about 22 cm across, wears his signature \u003cem\u003eheki-yu\u003c\/em\u003e glaze: a breathing gradation from deep cobalt through luminous sky-blue, like sea and sky held in one surface. No two are alike — the glaze pools and settles differently on each during firing. Each is signed on the base, and the set came in its original wooden box (\u003cem\u003etomobako\u003c\/em\u003e) with a turmeric-dyed cloth bearing the artist's seal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKimura's work is held by the British Museum, the Victoria \u0026amp; Albert Museum, the Sèvres ceramics museum in France, and Japan's National Crafts Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSold — no longer available.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kimura Yoshiro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49037022789867,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/4757\/3995\/files\/01_jpg.jpg?v=1783695506","url":"https:\/\/sumo-fujiyama.com\/products\/kimura-yoshiro-set-of-five-heki-yu-kimura-blue-plates-with-tomobako-sold","provider":"Sumo Fujiyama","version":"1.0","type":"link"}