AJIKI HIRO 安食ひろ (B.1948) A Colored-Glazed Guinomi (Sake Cup) Heisei era (1989-2009), 2014 The hand-built heptagonal cup with a salt-glazed checker pattern in the artist's favored basara style; with a tomobako (wood storage box) inscribed and signed Basara A and sealed possibly Hiro no in 2 1/2 x 2 3/4in (6.4 x 7cm) Footnotes: Provenance Gallery Kurimoto Ajiki Hiro once dreamed of becoming an oil painter but later found his métier in clay. This sake cup is executed in his trademark basara ('eccentric,' 'dandy') palette of metallic glazes. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing