KAWAI KANJIRŌ
Black barrel-shaped vessel with splashed patterning in red and green, ca. 1960
Glazed stoneware
7 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 5 in.
Box title: 黒扁壺 赤青 (Kurohenko sekisei); Black Flattened Vessel with Red and Blue
Box signature: 寛 (Kan)
Box seal: 河井寛之印 (Kawai Kan no in); Kawai Kan's seal
Box title: 黒扁壺 赤青 (Kurohenko sekisei); Black Flattened Vessel with Red and Blue
Box signature: 寛 (Kan)
Box seal: 河井寛之印 (Kawai Kan no in); Kawai Kan's seal
$ 25,000.00
Further images
Literature
General references:
Baekeland, Frederick. Modern Japanese Ceramics in American Collections. New York: Japan Society, 1993, pp. 53-55, 65-66, 142-145.
Kawai Kanjirō to Munakata Shikō: Nihon mingeikan shozōhin o chūshin ni (Kawai Kanjirō and Munakata Shikō: Collection of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum). Chiba: Chiba City Museum of Art, 2016.
Painted Clay: Wada Morihiro and Modern Ceramics of Japan. With essays by Diana X. Yang and Alice North and introduction by Joan Mirviss. New York: Joan B Mirviss LTD, 2023, pp. 38 and 40.
Todate, Kazuko and Ann Nishimura Morse. Earth, Fire, Woven Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics and Bamboo Art. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2013, pp. 27, 32-33, 140.