TOMIMOTO KENKICHI
Iro-e (enamel overglaze) slightly recessed rounded square platter with foliated rim, sarasatic-patterned four-petaled floral patterning, 1936
Glazed Kutani porcelain
2 x 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.
Potter’s mark: 富 (Tomi) painted on bottom
Box title: 色繪更紗風角鉢 (Iroe sarasafū kakubachi); Polychrome Enamel Overglazed Square Bowl with Sarasa-style Decoration
初めて九谷の素地を用ひ 東京に於いて試みたる 色絵家宝 (Hajimete Kutani no soji o mochii Tokyo ni oite kokoromitaru iroe kahō);
Polychrome enamel overglazed family treasure created as an initial experiment in Tokyo using Kutani porcelain
Box signature: 富本憲吉造 (Tomimoto Kenkichi zō); Created by Tomimoto Kenkichi
Box seal: 富 (Tomi)
Potter’s mark: 富 (Tomi) painted on bottom
Box title: 色繪更紗風角鉢 (Iroe sarasafū kakubachi); Polychrome Enamel Overglazed Square Bowl with Sarasa-style Decoration
初めて九谷の素地を用ひ 東京に於いて試みたる 色絵家宝 (Hajimete Kutani no soji o mochii Tokyo ni oite kokoromitaru iroe kahō);
Polychrome enamel overglazed family treasure created as an initial experiment in Tokyo using Kutani porcelain
Box signature: 富本憲吉造 (Tomimoto Kenkichi zō); Created by Tomimoto Kenkichi
Box seal: 富 (Tomi)
Further images
Literature
Same shape platter with different pattern:National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and Asahi Shimbun, eds. Tomimoto Kenkichi: A Retrospective. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun, 2006, p. 74.