HIGASHIDA SHIGEMASA 東田茂正 (B.1955) A Black Oribe-Style Chawan (Tea Bowl) Heisei era (1989-2019), early 21st century The large bowl boldly potted and applied with a thick black Oribe-style glaze, part of the side and half of the base left dramatically unglazed; with a tomobako (wood storage box) inscribed and signed Kuro-Oribe chawan Shige and sealed Higashida with another seal 3 3/8 x 5 7/8in (8.5 x 14.9cm) Footnotes: Provenance Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Concorde Throughout his career, Higashida Shigemasa has mostly specialized in creating pieces in two classic ceramic styles associated with wares for the practice of formal tea drinking known as chanoyu (the 'tea ceremony'): Shino and Oribe. He regards both Shino and Oribe wares as distillations of a traditional Japanese craft philosophy that treats irregularities and deformities not as defects but as manifestations of unseen forces creating desirable effects that artists should not attempt to control. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing