National Museum of Iran to display Japanese lusterware ceramics

TEHRAN,June 23(MNA) – The National Museum of Iran (NMI) will be hosting an exhibition featuring a collection of lusterware ceramics by two Japanese artists in July. Works by Kobe Kato and his father Takuo Kato (1917-2005) will be put on display at the exhibit entitled “Lusterware Ceramics from Past to Present”, the Embassy of Japan in Tehran announced in a press release on Saturday. The exhibition, which be running from July 4 to 24, has been organized by the National Museum of Iran in collaboration with the Association of Iranian Ceramists and the Embassy of Japan. A collection of works by 10 Iranian ceramists will also be showcased on the sidelines of the exhibit. A delegation of Japanese ceramists and artists is scheduled to attend the event. The organizers also plan to hold several workshops and meetings. In addition, an exhibition of lusterware ceramics dating back to the Seljuk era (11th to 14th centuries) will be put on display on the sidelines of the exhibit. Born in 1917, Takuo Kato studied ancient Persian ceramics. He restored lusterwares and Persian colored ceramics for which he won an award from the Japan Ceramic Society in 1991. He passed away in 2005. Kobei (1945) is the son of Takuo and follows his father’s style of pottery making.