IZUMITA YUKIYA 泉田之也 (B.1966) AND KIM HONO 金憲鎬 (B.1958) A Stoneware Kaki (Flower Vase) and a Stoneware Bowl Heisei era (1989-2019), 2012 and 2014 The flower vase layered in the artist's signature sekisō style with a dark geologic glaze; with a tomobako (wood storage box) inscribed and signed Sekisō kaki Yukiya and sealed; the globular bowl with white glaze and incised and painted abstract motifs recalling classical Oribe ware; with a tomobako (wood storage box) signed Kim Hono in Japanese and sealed 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 3 5/8in (9.5 x 7 x 9.2cm), the vase; 3 5/8 x 4 1/2in (9.2 x 11.4cm), the bowl (2). Footnotes: Provenance The first, Gallery Kurimoto The second, Gallery Utsuwakan The products of extraordinary skill in the preparation and manipulation of the local salt-rich clay, Izumita Yukiya's ceramics closely reflect the windswept, storm-beaten environment of Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan. Born to a Korean family in the ancient kiln-town of Seto, Kim Hono treats clay as a canvas for the play of his brush: multicolored abstract designs, whimsical line drawings, and motifs from the natural world. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing