Japanese traditionally Stove hibachi
Description
It is painted by Shiko Munakata. I think it was painted in the Showa period.
No appraisal has been done.
It is made of a precious black persimmon, said to be one in 10,000 to 20,000 pieces.
There are some cracks on the outer surface, but overall, I think it is in very good condition for its time.
Diameter: 28cm at the longest part
Height: 23cm
Shikō Munakata (Munakata Shikō, September 5, 1903 – September 13, 1975) was a woodblock printmaker active in Shōwa period Japan. He is associated with the sōsaku-hanga movement and the mingei (folk art) movement. Munakata was awarded the "Prize of Excellence" at the Second International Print Exhibition in Lugano, Switzerland in 1952, and first prize at the São Paulo Bienal Exhibition in Brazil in 1955, followed by Grand Prix at the Venice Biennale in 1956, and the Order of Culture, the highest honor in the arts by the Japanese government in 1970.
The hibachi (Japanese: brazier, fire bowl) is a traditional Japanese heating device. It is a brazier which is either round, cylindrical, or box-shaped, open-topped container, made from or lined with a heatproof material and designed to hold burning charcoal. It is believed hibachi date back to the Heian period (794 to 1185). It is filled with incombustible ash, and charcoal sits in the center of the ash.To handle the charcoal, a pair of metal chopsticks called hibashi , fire chopsticks) is used, in a way similar to Western fire irons or tongs.Hibachi were used for heating, not for cooking.It heats by radiation, and is too weak to warm a whole room, often disappointing foreigners who expected such power .Sometimes, people placed a tetsubin (iron kettle) over the hibachi to boil water for tea.Later, by the 1900s, some cooking was also done over the hibachi.
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