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Flower Vase with Sponge-Gourd Design (T-4839)

Creator: Kanzan Shinkai
Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Shinkai Kanzan (1912–2011)
Flower Vase with Sponge-Gourd Design, 1970
Porcelain
Size 13 x 7 x 7 in. (33.5 x 18 x 18 cm)

A vase of baluster form with rounded shoulder, short neck, and slightly out-turned mouth, modeled in high relief with a sponge-gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca) plant, the dried interior of the gourd rendered in great detail, signed on the base with characters drawn in the clay while it was still soft: Shōwa kanoe-inu tōjitsu Kibi Kanzan haji kinsaku (Respectfully made by the potter Kibi Kanzan in winter 1970)

Comes with the original paulownia-wood tomobako storage box inscribed: Hakujiyaki hechima hana-ike (Porcelain flower vase with sponge gourd) and Kashiko o kōei no kinzō mono Shōwa kanoe-inu Kibi Kanzan haji kinsaku (Carefully made as a mark of my respect, 1970, the potter Kibi Kanzan) and sealed Kibi

Born into a Kyoto ceramic family, Shinkai Kanzan studied under the leading porcelain specialists Seifū Yohei IV (his uncle) and Kiyomizu Rokubei VI; he started to participate in the Teiten national salon from 1930, exhibiting work there in a very wide range of techniques over the subsequent twenty-five years (interrupted by war service in China and imprisonment in Russia). In this striking work he describes himself as a member of the Haji, an early clan that specialized in pottery, and takes the name Kibi, referring to a ceramic ware made in Okayama Prefecture.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Notes:	Signed underneath; signed on accompanying storage box
Origin:	Japan
Period:	1980-1999
Materials:	porcelain
Condition:	Good. Excellent condition
Creation Date:	1970
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Asian
Patterns:	Asian/Oriental, Florals/Botanical, Handmade
Dealer Reference #:	T-4839
Incollect Reference #:	745331

Dimensions

H.	13.19 in;	Diam.	7.09 in;
H.	33.5 cm;	Diam.	18 cm;

Message from Seller:

Thomsen gallery, located in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, offers important Japanese paintings and works of art to collectors and museums worldwide. The gallery specializes in Japanese screens and scrolls; in early Japanese tea ceramics from the medieval through the Edo periods; in masterpieces of ikebana bamboo baskets; and in gold lacquer objects.