Bonsai Pot "Gekka" Small, Approx. 16.5cm Length, Oval Pot, Sometsuke Dragon Design, Ryu, With Original Box and Cloth, For Display, New, p1198417328

Bonsai Pot Gekko, Small, Approx. 16.5cm Length, Oval Pot, Sometsuke, Dragon, With original box, With original cloth, For ornamental use, As is, New. Real name: Ito Neitoshi. The 4th generation of Tankyo-gama kiln. Started making sometsuke pots around 1969. He has received numerous awards, including the Grand Prize for Best Artist at various prestigious exhibitions, the Juseki-sha Award, and the Kindai Shuppansha Award, for his elegant brushwork in sometsuke, aka-e, and iro-e. His painting style is heavily influenced by Yusen, evolving from a meticulously detailed style in his early works to a more simplified style with thicker lines, and his use of color has also changed. His clean and refined brushwork is unique to Gekko. He does not use molds for carving...