{"product_id":"mihara-ken-cedar-grain-yakishime-flower-vessel-sold","title":"Mihara Ken — Cedar-Grain Yakishime Flower Vessel (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 flower vessel in unglazed \u003cem\u003eyakishime\u003c\/em\u003e stoneware by Mihara Ken (b. 1958), whose colour comes not from glaze but from fire alone — clay bodies layered and fired many times over until the surface reads like cedar grain, stone, or weathered earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMihara works in Shimane, and is among the most internationally collected Japanese ceramic artists of his generation: the Metropolitan Museum of Art holds two of his works, and the Victoria \u0026amp; Albert Museum, LACMA and some forty museums worldwide hold more. His pieces have reached five figures at international auction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSold — no longer available.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mihara Ken","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49037023707371,"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_9a532b1f-2771-4e51-8054-9d8daa459ce8.jpg?v=1783695573","url":"https:\/\/sumo-fujiyama.com\/products\/mihara-ken-cedar-grain-yakishime-flower-vessel-sold","provider":"Sumo Fujiyama","version":"1.0","type":"link"}