Japanese Ogata Kenzan Style Bowl Arita Lovely Japanese Pottery, Japan

Very nice artifact with beautiful painting of Wisteria with butterflies. The colors are amazing. Large piece, with matching storage box. Condition Perfect condition. Size 270x83...

Lovely and rare piece. A superb blue and white porcelain Dish bowl, with a leaf pattern. Made by Fuji Shumei Fujii Mr. Aki Fujii's specialty is the technique of drawing a mount...

A very nice Arita Meiji bowl 11-2-20-1-4 Condition Overall condition perfect. Size: 238mm Period 18th century.

Description Very nice artifact with beautiful painting of blossoming flowers. Marked at base. Condition 1 hairline to rim and 2 chips. Size 210 x 40 mm D X H Period Meiji P...

Japanese porcelain Meiji Taisho charger marked Antique Japan blue Arita nice Japanese charger with decoration of a beautiful landscape Condition Overall condition 1 hairline: Size ...

A very nice example of a small early Japanese Arita porcelain teapot. Great decoration of chrysanthemum. Condition Overall Condition A/B (Good); upper handle bar has a ten...

A spectacularly designed and beautifully made Chawan tea bowl dating back to the Edo period. This work is attributed to Ogata Kenzan who is widely conside...

A Japanese ceramic shallow dish in square form with rounded corners from Meiji period in the style of Ogata Kenzan. The dish features a cream color crackl...

A rare ceramic bowl with over glaze painted decoration by Japanese imperial potter Makuzu Kozan ((1842–1916). Unlike the better known works Kozan made for the expositions in the west and export to the foreign market, this piece exemplifies his work for the domestic market and the tea ceremony. The bowl was made in the so called "Utusushi" Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743), an celebrated Edo painter and ceramicist. Utusushi is loosely translated as "in the spirit of". It is not at all a simple imitation of a master, but a Japanese concept of embracing the spiritual essence of a master while the creator is free to mix in his or her own unique artistic interpretation and flavor. The bowl was made to hold fruits during the tea ceremony. It has a very distinguished form with a circular lower body morphing into a square upper portion that further opening with flared rim. The surface has a grey glaze onto which Asagao flowers (Japanese morning glory) on the vines were painted in a free and poetic style. White was used for the petals, green for the leaves with touches of gold highlight. Asagao, the symbol of the summer was rendered in the spirit of Ogata Kenzan, and interestingly the shape of the blossom echoes the unique form the bowl. It was likely reserved for the tea ceremony during the summer months. Under the base, Kozan was signed in black on an white porcelain plaque inlay. For two similar examples of Kozan's work Utusushi Kenzan, see Page 168-169 of the book: Sekai ni Aisa Reta ya Kimono Miyagawa Kozan Makuzu...

As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this large and most charming Edo Period (1615-1868), ceramic fruit bowl manufactured during the late 17th ce...

Japanese Arita porcelain barbers bowl, c. 1700, Genroku Period. Well painted in Imari colours, with an exuberant display of flowering plants, in a jardini...

A milky white dish with slight scalloped rim and decorated with cobalt blue iron red and green enamel over glaze, this delicate piece in Kakiemon Style was dated at least to the earl...