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Antique Japanese Tea Pot, Dohachi and Tomioka Tessai browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese: Pre 1920: item # 887015 Please refer to our stock # TCR2567 when inquiring.
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| A 6 piece Gasaku Sencha tea set by Kyoto porcelain master Takahashi Dohachi V and Scholar artist Tomioka Tessai (1837-1924) dating from the late Meiji to Taisho period. A relaxed scholar stares out from his sparsely decorated hermitage; enigmatic characters in cobalt splash gaily across the alabaster surface with playfulness and sin. The pot is 3 inches (8 cm) tall, the cups 1-3/4 inches (4.5 cm) tall, 2-1/4 inches (5.5 cm) diameter and all is in fine condition. The decoration by Tessai is signed in the last line beside the elder, and the potters signature is found under each piece Kachu-tei Dohachi-Sei (Made by Dohachi of the Kachu Pavilion). 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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