YANAGIHARA MUTSUO 柳原睦夫 (1934-2018) A Glazed Stoneware Sculptural Form Heisei era (1989-2019), 2012 The black-glazed form shaped as an usubata (wide-shouldered) vase but with part of the side missing, painted with an abstract fern pattern, the base with the artist's mark; with a tomobako (wood storage box) inscribed, dated, and signed Tekkinmon nopperabō 2012 Yanagihara Mutsuo tsukuru, sealed Mutsu 10in (25.4cm) high, approximately Footnotes: Provenance Gallery Utsuwakan Here Yanagihara has created a vase in the form of a noppera-bō, in Japanese folklore a ghost with a smooth, blank face that frightens travelers on quiet roads at night. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing