KAWABATA KENTARŌ 川端健太郎 (B.1976) Kuroro Bowl Heisei era (1989-2019), 2011 The wide bowl with short sides, somewhat irregularly potted, the side pierced in four places, covered in a white and black mottled glaze, the interior with contrasting reddish glazes; with a tomobako (wood storage box) inscribed and signed Kurorobachi Kawabata Kentarō, sealed Kentarō 3 1/2 x 11in (8.9 x 28cm), diameter at widest Footnotes: Provenance Gallery Kurimoto Kawabata Kentarō's practice often draws on pop culture and this bowl's name, Kuroro, perhaps refers to Chrollo Lucilfer, the leader of the Phantom Troupe in the manga HUNTER × HUNTER, by turns calm, intelligent, and charismatic or cold-blooded, ruthless, and inhuman. Kawabata was a student of Katō Tsubusa (see lots 3023, 3024, and 3118) who was known to keep chickens at the grounds of his kiln. Kawabata relays a story where upon a visit to his teacher's kiln, Katō killed and cooked one the chickens for dinner. The experience of watching the chicken being killed and bled out, left a powerful impression on a young Kawabata. Here, he may have tried to recreate the effect of chicken blood seen against a white porcelain dish. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing