AJIKI HIRO 安食ひろ (B.1948) A Shigaraki-Ware Chawan (Tea Bowl) Heisei era (1989-2019), 2016 The wide, shallow bowl with horizontal throwing marks, the interior with an irregular patch of poured white glaze overpainted with susuki (plume grass) and kikyō (Chinese bellflower); with a tomobako (wood storage box) inscribed with an ink sketch of susuki (pampas grass) and an autumn poem from the Shinkokinshū anthology Sa o jika no iru no no susuki hatsuobana itsu shika imo ga tamakura ni sen (A stag in Iruno where pampas grasses show their first soft plumes-when I can pillow her head on my arm?) with the signature of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, the early poet associated with the opening line, signed A, sealed potentially Hiro no in 3 x 6 1/8in (7.6 x 15.6cm) Footnotes: Provenance Gallery Kurimoto Ajiki is considered by many to be one of Japan's premier makers of tea bowls. Here he shows a more playful side in his design. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing