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Antique Japanese Tea Pot, Dohachi and Tessai browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Porcelain: Pre 1920: item # 879531 Please refer to our stock # TCR2560 when inquiring.
The Kura 16-1 ShimoWakakusa-Cho Murasakino Kita-ku Kyoto 603-8234 tel.81-75-432-6980 Guest Book 450.00 |
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| A Gasaku joint effort by Kyoto porcelain master Takahashi Dohachi V and Scholar artist Tomioka Tessai (1837-1924) dating from the late Meiji to Taisho period. Enigmatic Characters in cobalt relax on the smooth alabaster surface with a humor filled Daruma staring out at the world from the side. The pot is 2-3/4 inches (6.5 cm) diameter excluding the handle and spout. The decoration by Tessai is signed in the last line beside the handle, and the potters signature is found under the handle Kachu-tei Dohachi-Sei (Made by Dohachi of the Kachu Pavilion). The piece has been broken in two and glued back together at some time in the distant past, with two small chips in the handle. Takahashi Dohachi was one in the line of great porcelain masters of Kyoto. The family began potting in the 18th century, and was brought to the forefront of porcelain by the second generation head of the family. From then it was known as one of the top three families in Kyoto for porcelain production. The fifth generation took control of the kiln in 1897. Tomioka Tessai was a scholar artist trained from age seven in the traditional Confucian manner. After the death of his father he was apprenticed to a Shinto shrine, and later moved to work under Otagaki Rengetsu, from whom he was heavily influenced. He held a number of important positions, culminating in being appointed the official painter of the Emperor and a member of the Imperial Art Academy; the highest honor in Japanese Art circles. He was known to have worked with Dohachi in porcelains, as well as Eiraku Zengoro. | ||||||||||
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