Skip to main content
Video Loading
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 13

Shinobu Kawase
Celadon Vase

Late 20th Century

$4,870
£3,708.95
€4,269.51
CA$6,979.10
A$7,636.07
CHF 3,940.19
MX$91,441.13
NOK 50,022.59
SEK 46,866.35
DKK 31,884.35

About the Item

This Celadon Vase by Shinobu Kawase exemplifies the serene elegance of celadon. The vessel features simple, graceful curves and a balanced melon-ribbed form that conveys quiet strength and stability. Covered in a soft bluish-green glaze with a jade-like luster, its surface is smooth and luminous, radiating purity and calm. Rather than relying on ornamentation, the work draws beauty from its refined proportions and the subtle depth of its glaze, showcasing Kawase’s mastery of minimalist aesthetics. Shinobu Kawase, born in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, is a third-generation potter who continues to create there today. Inspired by Song dynasty celadon, he is celebrated for his soft bluish glazes, refined forms, and serene elegance that blend Chinese classicism with Japanese craftsmanship. In 1981, at age 30, he became the youngest recipient of the Japan Ceramic Society Award and later received its Lifetime Achievement Gold Prize in 2014. His works are in over twenty major museum collections worldwide, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the British Museum, marking him as Japan’s leading celadon artist.
  • Creator:
    Shinobu Kawase (1950, Japanese)
  • Creation Year:
    Late 20th Century
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 7.45 in (18.9 cm)Width: 6.89 in (17.5 cm)Depth: 6.89 in (17.5 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Comes with the original box with artist signature.
  • Gallery Location:
    Taichung, TW
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2900217080302

More From This Seller

View All
Celadon Water Jar
Located in Taichung, TW
This Celadon Water Jar was created by Living National Treasure Kiyoshi Hara. The form is rounded and elegant, covered entirely in a soft pale-green celadon glaze that radiates a gent...
Category

Late 20th Century More Art

Materials

Porcelain

Celadon Persimmon Vase
Located in Taichung, TW
This Celadon Persimmon Vase by Living National Treasure Manji Inoue embodies quiet grace and refined beauty. The rounded form is covered in a soft, translucent celadon glaze that glo...
Category

Late 20th Century More Art

Materials

Porcelain

Water Dance, Narrow-Mouthed Round Vase
Located in Taichung, TW
Water Dance, Narrow-Mouthed Round Vase is full and rounded in form, with balanced proportions and a gently constricted mouth that conveys poise and stability. The surface is coated i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary More Art

Materials

Porcelain

Peacock Blue String Vase
Located in Taichung, TW
Shi Jie Weng’s Peacock Blue String Vase unites classical form with modern vitality. The vase has a tall slender neck and a full rounded body, accented with multiple raised string pat...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Qing More Art

Materials

Porcelain

Gaze, Deep Ocean-Blue Vase
Located in Taichung, TW
Gaze presents a rounded, solid form that conveys calm strength, with a slightly constricted mouth and elegant, flowing curves. The entire surface is covered in a deep ocean-blue glaz...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary More Art

Materials

Porcelain

Large Langyao Red Meiping Vase
Located in Taichung, TW
Shi Jie Weng’s Large Langyao Red Meiping Vase unites imperial elegance with contemporary ceramic mastery. The meiping form is tall and balanced, with rounded shoulders and a slender ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Qing More Art

Materials

Porcelain

You May Also Like

CSULB Celadon Pot #1, Vase by Jeffry Mitchell, 2019
By Jeffry Mitchell
Located in Orange, CA
CSULB Celadon Pot #1, Vase by Jeffry Mitchell, 2019 Additional information: Medium: Ceramic and glaze Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 14 x 14 in (31.8 x 35.6 x 35.6 ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary More Art

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Ribbed Melon-Form Celadon Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ribbed Melon-Form Celadon Vase Porcelain vase with a ribbed, melon-shaped body and a long, narrow neck. Finished in a smooth, glossy celadon glaze with a soft grey-green tone. The s...
Category

20th Century Chinese Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Guan Kiln Style Celadon Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
Guan Kiln Style Celadon Vase with Crackle Glaze A bottle shaped vase, elegantly finished in a soft, blue-green celadon glaze with the delicate crackle pattern characteristic of the ...
Category

20th Century Chinese Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Porcelain Vase by Kato Tsubasa
By Kato Tsubasa
Located in New York, NY
Pale blue celadon glazed porcelain vase by Kato Tsubusa (b. 1962) Incised with maker's mark, together with a signed wooden box, Japan, late 20th century.
Category

Late 20th Century Japanese Modern Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

A Neoclassical CHINESE CELADON Ceramic VASE, CHINA 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
A beautiful celadon-glazed ceramic vase, Art Deco, Neoclassical, Shabby Chic, with a superb curved body and a tapered neck, adorned with four magnificent and subtle decorations aroun...
Category

Vintage 1950s Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

CSULB Celadon Pot #2, Vase by Jeffry Mitchell, 2019
By Jeffry Mitchell
Located in Orange, CA
CSULB Celadon Pot #2, Vase by Jeffry Mitchell, 2019 Additional information: Medium: Ceramic and glaze Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 14 x 14 in About artist: Jeffr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary More Art

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze