Live Auction 5546Asobi: Ingenious Creativity, Japanese Works of Art from Antiquity to Contemporary
A Chawan [Tea Bowl]
Lot 29 A London Collection

The Property of a Collector

A Chawan [Tea Bowl]

IMPRESSED KENZAN, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Closed15 October 2014

Price Realised

GBP 6,875

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

A Chawan [Tea Bowl]
Impressed Kenzan, Edo period (19th century)
Of shioge [salt jar] form, decorated in a deep cream glaze and various coloured enamels on a crackled ground with abstract poppies and kuchibeni [dark iron glaze on the rim], two repairs in gold lacquer, an impressed signature Kenzan within the foot ring
10.7cm. diam.

N. Strauss Collection
Yamanaka Collection

Specialist note

Shards from the Narutaki kiln show that this impressed seal was used between 1699 and 1712. The decoration could have been done by artisans such as Seiemon and Magobei. Seiemon was the son of Nonomura Ninsei.1

1. Richard L. Wilson, The Art of Ogata Kenzan: Persona and Production in Japanese Ceramics, (Tokyo, 1991), p.238