AJIKI HIRO 安食ひろ (B.1948) A Gold and Colored Glazed Chaire (Tea Caddy) Heisei era (1989-2009), 2007 The hand-built caddy with a salt-glazed color and gold geometric pattern in the artist's favored basara style, the base with a green glass insert, the lid of grained wood; with a tomobako (wood storage box) decorated with colored abstract motifs and inscribed Chaire, signed A and sealed possibly Hiro no in 2 1/4 x 3 x 1 3/4in (5.7 x 7.6 x 4.4cm) Footnotes: Provenance Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., New York 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