With a curved wall and a flat rim and a wide foot ring. Cut from the trunk in yokogiri itame, turned and lacquered. Ninjo Yoshikatsu was born in Korea in 1944 and returned to Japan with his family two years later. They settled in Ibara, Okayama prefecture, where Ninjo still lives. For his large plates, bowls and tiered boxes he mostly uses the wood of the Japanese horse-chestnut and covers it thinly with urushi so that the beautiful wood grain remains visible. Dimensions Height 8.6 cm; diameter 46.2 cm Medium RefChi RefJap Literature For the work of Ninjo Yoshikatsu see Elmar Weinmayr, Nurimono. Japanische Lackmeister der Gegenwart, München 1996, p. 163-168 Provenance Private collection, Hamburg, acquired from Elmar Weinmayr on 27.1.2015 Notes VAT: Margin scheme