Porcelain covered box depicting titmice and bamboo
2017
Porcelain with polychrome kutani enamel glazes
4 x 8 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches
Inv# 10145
SOLD
Square vessel with sloped shoulders depicting scenes of ibises
2017
Porcelain with polychrome kutani enamel glazes
10 1/4 x 9 1/8 x 8 7/8 inches
Inv#10138
SOLD
Octagonal deep plate decorated with greater pied kingfisher and wild grape vine
2017
Porcelain with polychrome kutani enamel glazes
3 1/2 x 14 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches
Inv# 10139
SOLD
Square vessel with raised narrow neck decorated with greater pied kingfishers and wild grape vine
2017
Porcelain with polychrome kutani enamel glazes
18 3/8 x 6 7/8 x 7 inches
Inv# 10140
SOLD
Long covered box with Kingfishers in reeds
Porcelain with polychrome kutani enamel glazes
4 x 3 1/2 x 19 5/8 inches
Inv# 11452
SOLD
Tall rectangular vessel depicting three blue, crested ibises with lotus leaves
2015
Porcelain with polychrome kutani enamel glazes
19 3/4 x 5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.
Inv# 9515
SOLD
Born in Ishikawa as the eldest son of Takegoshi Taizan III (1919-1984), a master of kutani ware, Takegoshi Jun succeeded to the traditional techniques inherited from his patrimony. After graduating from Kanazawa College of Art, he began to independently produce ceramics in 1972. He uses the tatara technique, in which thin sheets of clay are cut with metal wire, to create three-dimensional surfaces through layering of the clay sheets. He has devoted himself to producing polychrome enamel porcelain vessels that serve as vehicles for his brilliantly colored and elegantly painted depictions of the natural world.
