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Lot 231 · Ceramics · H 14 · ⌀ ~17.5 cm花器

INTERIOR VASE “HANAIRE” IN THE MISHIMA STYLE

Tachikichi brand, Kyo-yaki / Kiyomizu-yaki ware.

Kyoto, second half of the 20th century

Ceramics; wheel-thrown, slip, inka / mishima technique.

Estimate

6 000 – 9 000 ₽

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    CeramicsKyoto · Kyo-yakiSecond half of the 20th century
    Dimensions

    height — 14 cm, diameter — ~17.5 cm.

    Description

    A ceramic hanaire vase of rounded, slightly flattened spherical form with a narrow, low rim. Wheel-thrown in the workshops of the oldest Japanese brand, Tachikichi (founded in 1752). The surface of the vessel is skilfully decorated with a stamped, fine-grained floral pattern in the traditional MishimaMishima / Inka 三島 / 印花 — a technique of decorating ceramics with stamped or incised small ornaments, which are then filled with contrasting clay (slip). (Mishima-de / Inka) technique with white slip inlay.

    Marks

    On the unglazed base — an oval brand mark impressed into the clay, with the characters “Tachikichi” (橘吉).

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