Ceramic # 1396 for sale

Box text: 九谷焼　−　水指　−　明山 Kutani ceramic - Mizusashi - Meizan
  • Description: A mizusashi is a kind of jar used in chanoyu (Japanese tea ceremony) to supply fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing the tea bowl. Signed Meizan, this mizusashi with shallow lid is literally covered with exquisite calligraphy. This is a showcase piece, probably mid Showa era and the amount and quality of calligraphy is breathtaking. If is very fine and pristine. Comes without original box.
  • Dimension: Height 15 to 17 cm
  • Kutani type: Mizusashi
  • Painting Technique: Mohitsu Saiji - 毛筆細字 - Japanese calligraphy
  • Marking: Kutani Meizan - 九谷明山
  • Potter family name: _Generic
  • Calligraphist
    • Family name: Yamamoto Kazuaki - 山本 和明
    • Pen name: Meizan - 明山
  • Box description: 九谷焼　−　水指　−　明山 Kutani ceramic - Mizusashi - Meizan
  • Production period: Contemporary (1950 - Today)
  • Owner: Courtesy of John Wocher, Kamogawa, Japan
  • Price in US $ : 400