HARADA SHŪROKU 原田拾六 (1941-2024) A Bizen-ware Guinomi (Sake Cup) Heisei era (1989-2019), 2011 The irregularly modeled multi-fired small sake cup with a prominent three-tier rim and a tall foot ring with an overlapping closure, finished with the artist's characteristically varied ash-glaze colors; with a tomobako (wood storage box) inscribed and signed Bizen guinomi Shūroku, sealed Shū 2 7/8 x 3 1/4in (7.3 x 8.3cm) Footnotes: Provenance Gallery Tosei A leading member of the second generation of mid-century Bizen potters, Harada Shūroku's works are in many major U.S. Museum collections, including the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; the Brooklyn Museum; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the New Orleans Museum of Art; and the Worcester Art Museum. Production of Harada's works requires a great number of repeated firings, increasing the risk of damage. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing