23942 Mineo Okabe (Blue Oribe Vase) OKABE Mineo

Height (20.3cm) Diameter (9.5cm)

The eldest son of Kato Tokuro, he started his career as a potter from an early age, and after the "Eijin Pot Incident" he left many pottery groups. His masterpieces, which he produced through his own training and study, are housed in major art museums across the country. This is a work by Okabe Mineo, a solitary genius potter who made a great contribution to the history of modern Japanese art. When you think of Okabe Mineo, many people probably think of his celadon wares from his later years. However, after inheriting the legacy from Tokuro, he continued to produce many masterpieces of Momoyama pottery with his original ideas and soulful pottery techniques, even after his separation from Tokuro. This work is a masterpiece that can be said to be the gift of Okabe Mineo's pottery spirit, with its well-balanced, powerful shape and the lustrous, beautiful color of the Oribe glaze. It can be said to be a work that shows outstanding workmanship that revived the aesthetic sense of good old Momoyama pottery in modern times while keeping the user's heart in mind. It can be said to be a masterpiece that shows the essence of Okabe Mineo's beauty everywhere.