11th Jan, 2020 9:30 GMT/BST
Jewellery, Watches & Silver
3169
An Elizabeth II Silver 'Aqua Posy Dom' Beaker, by Hiroshi Suzuki, London, 2006, Fine Silver,...
Hiroshi Suzuki was born in Miyagi prefecture in Japan in 1961 into a family with a strong tradition as makers, his father being a silversmith and his grandfather a potter and calligrapher. Following this tradition Hiroshi was to go on to complete an MA in Tokyo before moving to the London to study at Camberwell and later the Royal College of Art. Initially working in a variety of media it was at the Royal College of Art that Hiroshi was to discover the fluidity that he could achieve working with silver.
His work was very quickly to find a devoted following including Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire who says of Hiroshi's work 'His vessels are incredibly tactile. The beakers, for example, make you want to drink, to pick the vessel up and use it. They are weighted so that the ridge and furrow are perfect for your hand', as quoted by Rachel Spence, 'Quick Silver: The Art of Hiroshi Suzuki', The Financial Times, 21 September 2018.
Now represented exclusively by Adrian Sassoon, the UK's leading dealer in contemporary works of art, Hiroshi's work has been widely exhibited and is represented in major private and public collections around the world. In the UK this includes the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; The National Museum of Scotland; the Ashmolean, Oxford, the Fitzwilliam in Cambridge and further afield in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Cheongju National Museum, South Korea and the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
. Marked underneath. The marks are clear. In generally good condition.
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Auction: Jewellery, Watches & Silver, 11th Jan, 2020
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