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Camellia and Redstart Bird Japanese Flower Vase

Sale price$1,726.00 USD

Description

This exquisite Japanese vase, adorned with delicate depictions of camellias and a redstart bird, is a masterpiece by Yamada Yoshiaki. The artist’s meticulous brushwork brings the piece to life, with vibrant colors that possess a remarkable clarity. 

Yamada Yoshiaki’s keen observation and masterful technique capture the subtle variations in the leaves' hues under different lighting, the texture of the bird’s feathers, and the intricate details of the camellias’ petals and stamens. This vase not only radiates aesthetic beauty but also embodies the vitality of nature in its most vivid form.

The artful use of negative space adds depth and invites the viewer’s imagination to explore beyond the visible. As you admire this vase, you are drawn into the serene landscape Yamada Yoshiaki so vividly portrays, allowing you to experience its beauty and tranquility as if you were truly there.

In Japanese aesthetics, negative space holds immense importance, influencing various art forms like painting, literature, music, architecture, and other traditional cultural practices. In painting, the deliberately empty areas between designs—these apparent voids—convey a sense of distance. This space goes beyond just emptiness, creating a boundless canvas that sparks limitless imagination.

About Artist

Yamada Yoshiaki

Yamada Yoshiaki’s art captures the beauty of nature across the changing seasons with soft, translucent colors. He intricately replicates the true forms of various trees, flowers, and animals onto Kutani ware, using the artistic technique of negative space to emphasize the natural world's allure.

Yamada Yoshiaki

Yamada Yoshiaki: Mastery in Sketching and the Beauty of Blank Space

Meet Yamada Yoshiaki, a master of Kutani ware painting whose intricate sketches blend nature's beauty with blank space.
Yamada Yoshiaki: Mastery in Sketching and the Beauty of Blank Space