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Japanese Meiji Sumida Gawa Bowl With Monkeys

Name: Japanese Meiji Sumida Gawa Bowl With Monkeys
Brand: Sumida Gawa
Rating: 5 (23 reviews)

About the Item

Fine example and splendid work of art from the Sumida Gawa pottery. Highly desirable image and type. It is a heavy pottery with highly detailed applied figures of monkeys gazing with different expressions into a pond with fish and a turtle. Many such scenes we see on Sumida pottery pieces depict fables from Japanese folklore, so this individual seems to be from some Japanese story or myth, and we can only wonder what their thoughts are preoccupied with. Sumida pottery was created specifically for export between the late 1800s and the 1920s. It was still produced until World War II and briefly after the war. The production is continued up until today. This distinct type of wares got its name from the Sumida river running near the Asakusa pottery district near Tokyo. It was near the banks of this river it was first made. The Japanese word for river is gawa, hence the name Sumidagawa. In 1924 Inuoue Ryosai III (1888-1971) moved the manufacturing site to Yokohama. The style of applied figures on a surface with flowing glaze was invented about 1890 by the Seto potter Ryosai I, who worked in Tokyo from about 1875 to 1900. It is is heavy, sculpted and usually has applied three-dimensional figures. The most common characteristics are items whose upper half (or less) is partially glazed with a flambé glaze or glazed with two or more colors in a splashed application In the earlier works the intricacy of the applied figures is often amazing, individual features on faces can be seen in detail. Later on, perhaps when demand required mass or faster production, the features were often drawn, with only a line for the mouth, for instance. We see how detailed the facial expressions are, down to the finest detail. Not all pieces are marked. In 1890, the McKinley Act required foreign goods to be marked with their country of origin and it was then marked "Nippon". From 1921 the government required all products to be marked in English, so "Made in Japan" for the US market and "Foreign" for the English would appear. Since this could be affixed on paper labels they could also go missing, why in effect the pieces went back to the unmarked state, except for the signatures when found.

Creator:
Sumida Gawa (Maker)
Dimensions:
Height: 5 in (12.7 cm)Width: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Depth: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)
Style:
Japonisme (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Ceramic,Clay,Glazed,Hand-Crafted,Hand-Painted,Unglazed
Place of Origin:
Japan
Period:
1890-1899
Date of Manufacture:
1900
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Beautiful estate condition.
Seller Location:
Norwood, NJ
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU5080232090372

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