Kenzan Style Dish in Molded Square Form

Japanese and Chinese antiques and art from B & C

Kenzan Style Dish in Molded Square Form

browse these categories for related items...
Directory: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Earthenware:Pre 1900: item # 196244

Please refer to our stock # SB-30 when inquiring.

Click to view additional online photographs

B & C Antiques
P. O. Box 291
Derby, CT 06418
203-929-7312

Guest Book
$850

This square earthenware Kyo-yaki (Kyoto ware) dish in Kenzan style has been freely decorated with an iron brown enamel tree branch and green enamel bamboo leaves on a buff crackle-glazed ground beneath a glossy transparent glaze. Edo period, early 19th century. The transparent glazed base is signed “Kenzan.” The short sides of the dish, which are glazed in a cobalt blue design on the exterior, have an iron oxide brown lip rim and foot rim. This square form dish is called a “kakuzara”. Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743) was a potter and poet who worked in Kyoto producing earthenware articles with underglaze decoration. His designs were bold yet sketchy and quite unconventional for his day. He was superb color stylist and used unusual combinations of color. He is one of Japan’s most famous ceramic artists, and his works are noted for their bold coloring and brilliant execution. Condition is excellent. Dimensions: 8 5/8” square, 1” high.