Kazari - Japanese ceramics - Antique - Contemporary

290 Malvern Rd + 450 Malvern Rd
Prahran 3181
Victoria Australia
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Kazari always has a wide range of hand selected ceramics in-store including traditional wares, important signed artist pieces, tea wares, contemporary and decorative pieces.

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Suzuki Goro signed ceramic dish with original box including provenance - documents and details. The bottom side features a self portrait of the artist.

A heavy charger, weighing more than 7 kgs (15 lbs) by avant garde artist Suzuki Goro, renowned Nitten National Art Exhibition prize winner.

Largest diameter: 44cm Pinched circle (top) diameter: 38cm

Base diameter (largest): 34cm Height (largest): 6cm

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Hanging vase - Otagaki Rengetsu (1791 - 1875)

H 28cm x W 3.5cm

The Buddhist nun Otagaki Rengetsu is widely regarded as the greatest Japanese poet of the C19th along with being an important and popular historical figure for pottery, painting and calligraphy. The hanging wall vase or ‘hana-ire’, used in tea ceremony, is inscribed with one of her favourite poems, often used in her pottery and paintings. Entitled “In the fields”, the poem translates as ‘In the fields, in the mountains, I was enthralled, so enthralled: On the way home, the autumn moon accompanied me, right to my bedroom. Rengetsu.’

Works by Rengetsu can be found in major museums across the world and her work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions including ‘Black Robe, White Mist’ by The National Gallery of Australia in 2008 which toured nationally.

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Jubako (stacking dish) by Seifu Yohei II (1844-1879)

H 18cm x W 14cm

Seifu Yohei II was the second head of a family working at a kiln in Gojozaka district of Kyoto where they produced various kinds of porcelain in Chinese influenced style including blue-and-white. He was followed by Seifu Yohei III who became one of the best known modern porcelain artists. This rare piece is covered in underglaze blue designs of literati objects and sencha tea items. Accompanied with original signed box.

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15cm x 19cm x 16cm [H x W x D]

Well known for its use in tea ceremony, the history of Takatori wares date back four hundred years, introduced by Korean potters in the very early 1600s. Although regarded in high esteeme, their limited production rendered them as more uncommonly known but revered by specialists. These were the official wares of the Kuroda, rulers of Chikuzen province (now Fukuoka prefecture) where the early kiln sites were established. At the beginning of the Meiji period the Takatori potters lost their previous support from the domain and almost completely discontinued their potting, however some styles were adopted by neighbouring potters.

In the mid C20th the tradition was in danger of completely dying until a female descendant, Takatori Seizan, of the original main Edo period family built a new kiln at Tsuzumi in 1957 and began re-creating the tradition and techniques in throwing, glazing and wood-firing. She also organized publishing many of the old Takatori documents and archaeological excavations of the old kiln sites, creating new interest and appreciation of the tradition. This mizu-sashi (tea ceremony water container) with black lacquer lid was also featured as the centerpiece of a recent Takatori exhibition and printed on the front of the catalogue booklet. Also accompanied by original signed box.

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C20th ceramic vase by Yasuda Zenko (1926 - )

28cm x 21cm x 12cm [H x W x D]

A well respected C20th Japanese potter, Yasuda Zenko studied at the Kyoto Craft-Fabric University where he specialized in the making of Kilns, after which he studied pottery under the artist Kiyomizu Rokubee (1901-1980). In 1958 he was awarded the Japan Ceramic Society Prize and since was often included in the Nitten (annual and renowned Japan Art Academy Award). His work was acquire by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1964. Yasuda Zenko achieves unique and distinctive stoneware pots achieving complex glazing techniques. Both pieces are signed underneath and are accompanied by their original boxes signed by the artist.

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C20th ceramic vase by Yasuda Zenko - with original box - signed (see bio above)

24cm x 19cm x 16cm [H x W x D]

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Rare imari porcelain figure of a fan dancer, meiji period, early C20th

H 25cm x W 10cm x D 9cm

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Porcelain pot with applied metal decoration of peaches by Inoue Haruo (1910-1975)

H 24cm x W 22cm

Born in Kyoto, Inoue Haruo was an apprentice of Kyo Misu Rokubei 5^th and 6^th, masters from a famous lineage of potters. He became a member of the Nitten (the most popular art organizations of Japan established in 1907) for which he later judged as he did with other art associations. He has works in the Jingu Museum of Fine Arts in Mie prefecture and exhibited at the Berlin Arts Festival. The vase is accompanied by it’s original box signed by the artist.

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C20th ceramic vase by Kawai Takeichi (1908 - 1989)

25cm x 20cm x 13cm [H x W x D]

Nephew of Kawai Kanjiro, Japan’s most famous C20th Japanese potter, whom he studied under from 1928, Kawai Takeichi was drafted into the war in 1942 serving in North China for a year. In 1949 he joined the National Painter’s association and a few years later opened his own ceramics studio. Also well known as a painter, Kawai Takeichi’s ceramic pieces have been extensively exhibited and collected around Japan and internationally including three vases held by the National Gallery of Victoria and one at the National Gallery of Australia. Takeichi visited and worked in Australia in 1964 along with English potter John Chappell and influenced the then head of Sturt Pottery Workshops Les Blakebrough. Takeichi continued the Kawai potters tradition by teaching his son who became another esteemed potter and they later exhibited together.

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