Tapered tiered bowl with black and silver-glazed crisscrossed pattern
2015
Glazed porcelain
6 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.
Inv# 9166
SOLD
Faceted vessel with triple tiered rows decorated triangular patterning
2008
Glazed porcelain
7 x 12 1/2 x 11 3/8 in.
Inv# 9167
SOLD
Vessel with geometric patterning
2006
Polychrome overglaze enameled porcelain
10 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches
Inv# 10876
SOLD
Iro-e teabowl
ca. 1990
Glazed porcelain
2 3/4 x 4 inches
Inv# 10958
SOLD
Water jar with bird, abstract and linear patterns
1982
Polychrome overglaze enamel porcelain
5 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches
Inv# 10875
SOLD
Maeda specializes in Iroe kin-gin sai (painted gold and silver color decoration) technique, which was originally developed in Song China (10-12th century AD), and then imported to Japan in the seventeenth century. After the first firing, the ware is re-fired with color glazes at a low temperature. Afterwards, gold and silver decorations are applied and the ware is fired again under an even lower temperature. Maeda uses subdued colors and abstract motifs to decorate his wares. They are wildly popular in Japan as table ware and are collected both in the US and Europe.
