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[Description of the Work]
Mr. Nodo Fujimoto, who served as president of the Tokyo University of the Arts and was designated a Living National Treasure.
He researched the art of colored porcelain painting—which had previously been limited to only five colors—and developed techniques capable of producing hundreds of shades.
He is renowned for works featuring floral and bird motifs created using these techniques. His ability to reproduce the color of jade was particularly outstanding.
This piece was created during the very last years of his life. It features a painting of peonies in translucent colored glaze on a pure white base. Although the technique is not specified on the box label, it is believed to be an unfinished piece of snow-white porcelain left incomplete due to his illness. The work is signed with the seal “能” stamped beside the foot.

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