Philip Hafferty
Junior Specialist
Important works of art from an American private collection
Lot 821
KAWASE SHINOBU (1950-)
A Celadon Dish
Heisei era (1989-2019)
Heisei era (1989-2019)
22 March 2023, 10:00 EDT
New YorkUS$4,000 - US$6,000
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Jeff Olson
Director
KAWASE SHINOBU (1950-)
A Celadon Dish
Heisei era (1989-2019)
The delicately thrown porcelaneous stoneware dish with a pale seiji (celadon) glaze, the rim boldly cusped into two lobes, supported on a low foot
Wood tomobako storage box inscribed Seiji ōzara (Large celadon dish) and signed and sealed Shinobu
15 1/8in (38.5cm) diam
Heisei era (1989-2019)
The delicately thrown porcelaneous stoneware dish with a pale seiji (celadon) glaze, the rim boldly cusped into two lobes, supported on a low foot
Wood tomobako storage box inscribed Seiji ōzara (Large celadon dish) and signed and sealed Shinobu
15 1/8in (38.5cm) diam
Footnotes
For more than half a century Kawase Shinobu has specialized in making stoneware with a green, bluish, or gray-green hue achieved by firing a glaze containing iron oxide in an atmosphere starved of oxygen. Taking their inspiration from Chinese wares of the Southern Song dynasty (1128-1279), his instantly recognizable cusped or crimped vessels are a much-prized contemporary re-interpretation of a classic East Asian ceramic tradition.