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Style: Showa
Japanese Brass Vase, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
An elegant brass vase, hand-crafted in Japan, Showa Period. The finish is Murashido, a centuries-old technique that consists in quenching the cast brass in hot oil and smoke it with ...
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1920s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Art Japanese Vase Arita by Fujii Shumei, Winter Landscape, 20th Century
By Fujii Shumei
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and unusual piece.
A superb blue and white porcelain vase, with a landscape. Made by Fuji Shumei
Fujii Mr. Aki Fujii’s specialty is the technique of drawing a mountain by si...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Antique Small Bronze Crab 1930s
Located in Paris, FR
Object of crab with bronze:
A very precious object made before the second world war, when bronze was rare to find.
-Details-
Era: Showa (around 1930-1939)
Materials: Bronze
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Set of 5 Antique Showa Period Japanese Kutani Plates with Boys and Mark, 20th C.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Faboulous japanese porcelain plates. Colorfull. Mark at the base.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Japanese Style: Kutani
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 20th c...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$890 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Japanese Ikebana or hanakago wicker basket of elongated and conic shape
Located in PARIS, FR
Ikebana basket (hanakago) made of bamboo wickerwork of elongated cylindrical and conic shape. Accompanied by a natural bamboo vase and a carrying box.
Nakata Kinseki (1902-1959)
Japa...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker
Tatsuzo Shimaoka Signed Japanese Mingei Rope Inlay Ceramic Pottery Bowl Plate
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisitely decorated and wonderfully executed ceramic Mingei glazed plate/ low bowl by Japanese National Treasure and Mashiko pottery master Tatsuzo Shimaoka. This work displays his famous Jomon Zogan rope inlay design, hand-painted decoration, and has his impressed "Ta" signature on the base.
Shimaoka, who started as an apprentice to famed Japanese potter Shoji Hamada in 1946 before opening his pottery studio, has exhibited worldwide including in North America, Asia, and Europe. In 1996 he was bestowed the title of Japanese Living Treasure...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Japanese Ikebana or hanakago flower basket in bamboo
Located in PARIS, FR
Dark brown bamboo ikebana basket with twisted handle. The breading of the wickerwork is very intricate and complex and suggests a meditative state on human work and bond to nature.
I...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo
Japanese Ikebana or hanakago basket in wicker and bamboo
Located in PARIS, FR
Ikebana basket (hanakago) in wickerwork of polished bamboo with twisted handle. Features a sheet metal and varnished bamboo vase for the floral arrangement.
Mark under the vase Nana...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker
Japanese Kutani Pheasant Sculpture, Okimono, Showa Era, Early 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A spectacularly glazed Japanese Kutani model, okimono, of a pheasant, Showa era, early 20th century, Japan.
The okimono, or decorative sculpture, in the form of a magnificent phea...
Category
1930s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Unique Signed Japanese Bronze Vase by Hara Masaki – Showa Period
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A finely cast green-patinated bronze vase by the acclaimed Japanese artist Hara Masaki (1935–2011), known for his refined forms and subtle surface finishes.
This piece stands out for...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful Porcelain Sheep Okimono Object by Shozan
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Beautiful Porcelain Sheep Okimono object by Shozan
Very good condition
Mid-20th Century
Size: 19cm x 8.5cm , H 13 cm / 7.5 x 3.3 inch, H. 5 in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Brass Ikebana Vase, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous Ikebana brass vase, hand-crafted in Japan, Showa Period. Oval shape. The finish is Murashido, a centuries-old technique that consists in quenching the cast brass in hot oi...
Category
1920s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Nakajima Yasumi II Showa Period Bronze Vase
Located in Norwich, GB
Bronze vase by Nakajima Yasumi II (1905-1986), Showa period, Circa 1960-70.
Patinated dark reddish brown, the vase has a slender waisted shape. The base cast with a seal-style signature, along with the inscribed Tomobako (Paulownia) wood storage box.
In good condition, the vase shows some rubbing with handling and there is a small area of very minor marks. Please refer to the last photograph. The storage box is in very good condition.
Born in Osaka, the eldest son of the well-known metal artist Nakajima Yasumi I, Yasumi II graduated from the Sendai National Crafting Academy in 1932.
In 1933 he exhibited for the first time at the Export Crafts Exhibition, and went on to show his work several times outside Japan at the Grande Salon de Paris...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Superb Vintage 1970s Bizen Mingei Double Gourd Sake Thumb Pot, Signed
Located in Melbourne, AU
This wonderful small piece is captivating to look at and to hold. It is signed by the artist, possibly an important artist but we have been unable to identify. It was from a collecti...
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Shoji Hamada Tenmoku Glaze & Kaki Trailing Vase with Original Signed Sealed Box
By Shoji Hamada
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisite, beautifully crafted Japanese pottery vase by master potter Shoji Hamada featuring Hamada's famous signature tenmoku glaze with kaki trailing. The original Hamada signed and sealed wood storage box is included as well as the written appraised signature of his son Shinsaku Hamada. The vase also comes with a printed artist profile/sales brochure of Hamada (featuring some of his other presumably available work). It appears this piece was offered at the Keio Department store in Shinjuku, Tokyo. At first glance, this may seem odd but in fact, this is quite an honor in Japan. This store is known for selling and exhibiting such high-profile artists and potters as Bernard Leach, Lucie Rie, Gyokudo Kawai, Shiko Munakata, Kawai Kanjiro, and Rosanjin Kitaoji. A major goal of many ceramic artists in Japan is to have a one-man exhibition in a department store. For many Westerners, this is a strange concept. Some of the larger department stores have up to three or four dedicated galleries showing concurrent art exhibitions. A well-known artist's exhibition can bring in hundreds, often thousands, of customers to a store and increase revenue for other sales in the millions-of-yen range. These exhibits are usually longer running and highlight a potter's career, like a Living National...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Tatsuzo Shimaoka Japanese Glazed Rope Inlay Pottery Ceramic Vase with Signed Box
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed and gorgeously colored coveted square Mingei bottle vase by Japanese National Treasure pottery master Tatsuzo Shimaoka. This vase is an early work of Shimaoka's before he started to use his impressed "Ta" signature. The rich colors are truly amazing and shift in the light.
The vase comes with a Shimaoka signed and sealed box.
The work is exquisite in every way and has a wonderful feel and heft to it.
Shimaoka, who started as an apprentice to famed Japanese potter Shoji Hamada in 1946 before opening his own studio, has exhibited worldwide including North America, Asia, and Europe. In 1996 he was bestowed the title of Japanese Living Treasure...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Japanese Vintage Incense Utensils for Tea Ceremony Kougou Oribe ware 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a porcelain box which we use during tea ceremony. It is called Kougou. This was made in Japan around 1950s in Showa era. This was made with style 'Oribe'. This item will com...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Superb Signed Japanese Bronze Vase by Isao – Showa Period, 20th Century
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A refined and superbly cast Japanese bronze vase, signed by the artist Isao, and accompanied by its original signed wooden storage box. Crafted during the Showa period (20th century)...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Porcelain Flower Vase 1980s Landscape
Located in Paris, FR
This is a flower vase from Japan.
It is made with porcelain and the design is a landscape.
This flower vase was made around 1980s.
Dimensions:
10.5 x 10.5 x H8.5 cm
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke ' Duck ' 1950s Showa Era
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around Showa period 1950s.
This netsuke was made by a netsuke artist. (you can find his signature on the bottom of this netsuke).
Netsuke i...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$407 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Wooden Kokeshi Doll style Togatta Shojiro SAKAI 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a wooden doll which is called Kokeshi in Japanese.
This kokeshi was made in Japan around 1960s by kokeshi artist Shojiro SAKAI.
He was born in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture in 1s...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese wooden box , Japandi, Wabi-sabi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
A tasteful Showa-era retro cigarette case with the beautiful grain of the keyaki wood. The texture that has been used over time enhances its warm charm.
Originally made as a cigaret...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Crab Claw' 1970s Showa era
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique wooden netsuke made in Japan around Showa period 1970s.
Netsuke is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17th century Japan....
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Japanese Midcentury Large Glazed Pottery Vase in the Manner of Shoji Hamada
Located in Studio City, CA
A really large and wonderful piece. Clearly, the maker was a fan of Shoji Hamada's work. Could be a Mashiko Ware pottery vase.
Signed on the base along with a sticker on the insi...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Very large hand hammered signed copper vase
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Stunning massive hand hammered copper vase.
Tsuiki Copperware is a traditional Japanese craft .
Tsuiki Is a metal working technique that is derived from the words ' Hammer ' and...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Very large hand hammered signed copper vase
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Stunning extremely large , hand hammered copper vase. Signed
Tsuiki Copperware is a traditional Japanese craft .
Tsuiki Is a metal working technique that is derived from the words...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Japanese Porcelain Sake Cup 1980 Showa Kutani Ware Mokubei AOKI
Located in Paris, FR
This is a small cup for drinking sake. It is called Ochoko in Japanese.
It was made in showa era around 1980s. It is made with porcelain and all hand painted.
This is Kutani ware. ...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Bamboo Basket Flower Vase 'Kikusen' 1970s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a bamboo basket which made around 1970s in Japan.
It was made by an artist called 'Kikusen'. His signature is carved on the bottom of this basket. His artist name is Kikusen Edodaikagura.
This can be used as basket and also flower vase.
This basket will come with a bamboo flower vase...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo
$462 Sale Price
25% Off
Japanese Brass Ikebana Vase, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous Ikebana brass vase, hand-crafted in Japan, Showa Period. Oval shape. The finish is Murashido, a centuries-old technique that consists in dipping the cast brass in hot oil ...
Category
1920s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Japanese Brass Ikebana Vase, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous Ikebana brass vase, hand-crafted in Japan, Showa Period. The finish is Murashido, a centuries-old technique that consists in dipping the cast brass in oil and smoke it wit...
Category
1910s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Signed Sato Japanese Ginbari Cloisonne Green Vase Peony
By Sato Teichi
Located in Somis, CA
A rare early work of Sato, dating to early Showa period, of a ginbari cloisonne vase. The vase in baluster form with outward-bulging body and elegant flared feet. Taking center stage...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Blue/ White Transfer Design Pair Imari Ceramic Japanese Bowls 1950s
Located in Miami, FL
Lovely pair of Japanese porcelain bowls with transfer design in blue / white. The outer blue design of pair of birds on a flowering tree branch with flora covering rest of design on...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Japanese Bronze Folk Art Kappa, circa 1930
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, a beautiful, unusual and possibly unique antique hand cast bronze "Kappa" (child protector) sculptor complete with a separately formed bronze pair of 3.5 inch long cucumbers- a kappa's favorite snack food. Signed.
Signed
An incised artist signature “Bunraku” on base. "Bunraku" is associated with Japanese puppet play and performance,
Kappa Bring Good Fortune
Japanese Kappa...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$1,200 Sale Price / set
78% Off
Unique Attractive Shape Bronze Vase
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Attractive unique shape beautiful color bronze vase.
Size : diameter 8 cm (3 inch) x height 26 cm (10.2 inch)
Weight : 740g (1.6 lb)
Good condition with some minor patination ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Antique Crab Obejct SAGETSU with Bronze 1930-40s
Located in Paris, FR
Object of crab with bronze:
A very precious object made before the second world war, when bronze was rare to find.
There is a signature on the back, it is written 'Sagetsu'.
-Detai...
Category
1930s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Calligraphy Set with a Red Lacquer Wooden Box 1990s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a calligraphy set with a wooden lacquer box.
There is a pen, an indien ink, a porcelain pot for water and a stone base to make the ink. And ...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Japanese Porcelaine Bottle Flower Vase 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a bottle that the people were used to carry sake or soy sauce.
It is made with porcelain and it was made around 1960 in showa era.
It can use as a flower vase or as a decora...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Antique Lacquer Natsume (box for matcha powder) Boat 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a box for the matcha powder using while tea ceremony in Japan.
It is called 'Natsume'. It is made with wood. The design is a boat and it is hand painted. The material is with...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Bronze Vase Showa period by Nakajima Yasumi II, 1960's
Located in Uccle, BE
Japanese Bronze vase from Showa period made by master Nakajima Yasumi II. Comes with its original signed tomobako (wooden box). Engraved signature at the bottom.
Nakajima Yasumi, al...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Rosanjin Kitaoji Signed Painted Chawan Tea Bowl with Original Sealed Signed Box
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely gorgeous hand-painted pottery Chawan tea bowl by Japanese master potter Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959) who was arguably one of if not the greatest artists/ceramicists of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Japanese Vintage Incense Utensils for Tea Ceremony Kougou Kiseto Ware 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a porcelain box which we use during tea ceremony. It is called Kougou. This was made in Japan around 1950s in Showa era. This was made with style 'Seto'. In seto ware, this k...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Japanese Bowl for Goldfish 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
Japanese porcelain bowl which was made around 1980s in Showa era.
This bowl can be used as a decoration, bowl for some goldfish and flower pot.
On the surface, there are paintings of...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Signed Ando Jubei Ginbari Red Japanese Cloisonne Vase Roses 9"
By Ando Jubei
Located in Somis, CA
A rare Ando Jubei ginbari cloisonne vase. On the body two branches of white roses in full bloom and bud form with verdant foliage, worked in meticulous detail, set against stunning m...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Showa Period Blue Cloisonne Vase by Tamura
By Tamura
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Showa period blue cloisonne vase by Tamura, of squat ovoid form with a band of gold, silver and white prunus blossom in gin-bari around the shoul...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Matcha Bowl for Tea Ceremony Akaraku 1990s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a Matcha tea bowl which we use during a tea ceremony.
This bowl was made with style Raku (Raku ware).
This is made with porcelain.
Raku ware is a type of Japanese pottery t...
Category
1990s Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Porcelain Matcha Bowl for Tea Ceremony Kyo Ware Toraku MORISATO
Located in Paris, FR
This is a bowl that we use during tea ceremony. This is made with porcelain and it was made around 1980 in Showa era. This bowl has a style Kyo raku. It is called Kyo ware and it was...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$369 Sale Price
35% Off
Makuzu Kozan II Signed and Stamped Japanese Ceramic Flower Pottery Bowl Pot Vase
By Makuzu Kozan II
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful handmade handled bowl by well-known Japanese ceramic artist Makuzu Kozan II, son of Makuzu Kozan who was appointed artist to the Japanese Imperial household...
Category
1930s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Bamboo Basket 'Souzen kago' 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a bamboo basket called 'Souzen kago'.
Souzen kago was liked by Souzen HISADA. It is famous by the shape, the bottom is a rectangle and the top is a circle shape.
This basket was made by Chikusei.
It was used to use for the tea ceremony. This basket has a bamboo flower vase...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo
Japanese Wooden Netsuke 1950s Showa era 'Small Boat'
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around Showa period 1950s.
Netsuke is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17th century Japan.
Initially a simply-carved button fastener on...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$218 Sale Price
20% Off
Reconstructed Ceramics #1 Contemporary Zen Japonism Style
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
This series of ceramics are unique work by Norihiko Terayama. He broke ceramic at first, and makes it into a lot of fragment. He rasps some of fragm...
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2010s Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Fine Art Japanese Vase Winter Landscape Arita by Artist Fujii Shumei
By Fujii Shumei
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and unusual piece.
A superb blue and white porcelain vase, with a landscape. Made by Fuji Shumei
Fujii Mr. Aki Fujii’s specialty is the technique of drawing a mountain by si...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Shoji Hamada Mingei Kakiyu Kaki Japanese Pottery Vase with Signed & Sealed Box
By Shoji Hamada
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisite, beautifully crafted, and designed gourd vase by master Japanese potter Shoji Hamada, which features a fine example of his famed rich Kaki or persimmon glaze. The original Hamada stamped/sealed and signed box is included. Rare to find such a beautiful piece in such impeccable condition with its original signed box. Hamada named this vase Kaki-Yu-Kabin (flower vase with Kakiyu glaze).
A very rare form. One Japanese ceramic dealer whom we know said he had only seen one or two other examples like this by Hamada before.
This work is sure to shine in any Japanese pottery/art collection or setting.
Shoji Hamada was designated a Living National Treasure in Japan in 1955. In 1968 he received Japan's highest artistic award the Order of Culture. His work can be found in collections and museums worldwide including Tokyo’s Japan Folk Art Museum and The Tate Museum...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Early 20th c Large signed Bamboo Basket by Seiseisai
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Stunning signed Ikebana Bamboo Basket. Bamboo with natural patination. Signed Seiseisai .
Age: early 20th century
Good conditionwith some abrasions and patination.
Size : 51.5/...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo
Japanese Vase Arita by Kutani, Crane Flying, 20th Century
By Fujii Shumei
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and unusual piece.
A superb blue and white porcelain vase, with a landscape. Made by Fuji Shumei
Fujii Mr. Aki Fujii’s specialty is the technique of drawing a mountain by si...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$1,490 Sale Price
20% Off
Shoji Hamada Japanese Earth-Toned Glazed Vase with Original Signed Sealed Box
By Shoji Hamada
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisite, beautiful flower vase by master Japanese potter Shoji Hamada featuring an example of his popular two-color, sumptuous earth-toned ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Nakajima Yasumi II Showa period Seido Bronze vase
Located in Uccle, BE
Elegant Showa period Japanese Seido Bronze vase. Engraved signature at the bottom.
Nakajima Yasumi, also known as Yasumi II, learned traditional metal techniques from his family tha...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair Japanese Carved and Lacquered Inari Foxes, Showa Era, Dated 1951, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A delightful and mischievous pair of Japanese carved and lacquered wood Inari foxes, kitsune, dated Showa year twenty six, corresponding to 1951, Japan.
The...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Elm
Shiko Shikou Munakata Rare Signed Japanese Pottery Chawan Tea Bowl & Signed Box
Located in Studio City, CA
An exceptionally rare, wonderfully designed Chawan tea bowl by famed Japanese master woodblock printmaker/ artist Shiko Munakata (1903-1975) who is widely considered to be the most important Japanese visual artist of the 20th century and the Pablo Picasso of Japan. This hand-painted work clearly illustrates Munakata's whimsical side as it is of a Koma - a child's spinning top toy. Very few examples of Munakata's work in ceramics exist still today.
The work is signed by Munakata on the base as well as the original wood protective storage box (his seal can also be seen faintly in the lower-left corner).
The bowl has a small kintsugi or "golden joinery" repair - the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold - on the inside. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.
Munakata who is often compared to Picasso was primarily associated with and a principal figure in both the Sosaku-Hanga (which stressed the artist as the sole creator ) and the Mingei (folk art) movements. His many accolades and awards include the "Prize of Excellence" at the Second International Print Exhibition in Lugano, Switzerland in 1952, and first prize at the São Paulo Bienal Exhibition in Brazil in 1955, followed by the Grand Prix Award at the Venice Biennale in 1956, and the Order of Cultural Merit, the highest honor in the arts by the Japanese government in 1970. In 1960 after returning from a year abroad exhibiting his work in the United States, the Horinji Temple in Kyoto bestowed upon him the honorary rank of “Hokkyo”. In 1962, he received the rank of “Hogan” from Nisseki Temple in Toyama prefecture. He also received a Medal of Honor in 1963 and the Asahi Shimbun culture prize in 1965.
Munakata's work can be found in numerous international collections and museums including:
The Britsih Museum, UK
The Chicago Art Institute
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), NY
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), Washington DC
Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis
And his own museum The Munakata Shiko...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Tamura
By Tamura
Located in Newark, England
Showa Period Circa 1940
From our Japanese collection, we are pleased to offer this Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase by Tamura. The vase of tapered cylindrical form with a tigh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Metallic Thread
Exquisite Hand-Signed Arita Porcelain Vase, Contemporary Masterpiece by Yasushi
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Introducing a breathtaking contemporary Japanese vase crafted by the renowned porcelain artist Yasushi, who worked in Arita during the mid t...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Showa decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
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Pierre Schneider
Inlaid Mantel Clock
Japanese Celadon
Mexican Baroque
Malachite Empire
Monumental Clock
Hans Jensen Denmark
Horse Tray