$1,000
Japanese, likely late 18th century, Edo Period (1603-1868). A six piece tea set comprising of a lidded "Kyusu" (tea pot) with side handle, and five matching "Chawan" (tea bowls), each item having a clear blue glaze over cream pottery with foot and lower portion remaining unglazed. Each piece marked to underside with impressed calligraphic marks within a circular cartouche. Accompanied with a dark red lacquered button form storage box with mottled gilt design on lid. Kyusu approximately 2 3/4" tall x 5 5/8" wide handle to edge. Chawan approximately 1 7/8" tall x 2.75" diameter at opening. Provenance: From the Estate of Mr. Soichi Furuta, Woodstock, Georgia. Note: Soichi Furuta (1927-2011) was a Renaissance Man of sorts, beginning his career in fine art arena. After attending UCLA, he joined a creative design and packaging firm in New York where he later became president. The firm (Stuart, Gunn & Furuta) was responsible for packaging design for a number of major brands including Michelob, Hershey's, Vicks, and Nestle. Concurrently, Mr. Furuta taught graduate-level courses in design at the City University in New York, later, he served as an adjunct professor of literature at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in North Carolina. Later in life, Furuta penned a dozen books in both English and Japanese with subjects ranging from poetry to translations and even a memoir. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for his book of poetry, "Montefeltro the Hawk Nose" that re Read more…
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2015-03-21
