24180 OKABE Mineo (Blue Oribe Sake Cup (Mikishiki))

Height 3.9cm Diameter 4.8cm

As the eldest son of Kato Tokuro, he pursued the path of pottery from an early age, and after the "Eijin Vase Incident" he left many pottery groups. His masterpieces, which he produced through his own training and study, are now housed in major art museums across the country. A masterpiece by Okabe Mineo, a solitary genius potter who made a great contribution to the history of modern Japanese art Although Okabe Mineo is often associated with the celadon he produced in his later years, he continued to produce many masterpieces of Momoyama pottery, inheriting the style from Kato Tokuro and using his original ideas and soulful pottery techniques even after his separation from the style. Many of his works, particularly in the field of blue Oribe pottery, are housed in art museums. This work is a masterpiece that can be said to be the result of Okabe Mineo's spirit of pottery, with its well-balanced, beautiful shape and the extremely beautiful color of the lustrous Oribe glaze. It is a masterpiece that shows his outstanding work, which revives the aesthetic sense of good old Momoyama pottery in the modern era while always thinking wholeheartedly of the user.