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Subject:Late Edo Hikone Kotoware Vase made by Kanzan Denshichi
Posted By: Brad Mon, Jan 13, 2025 IP: 107.139.184.40 One of my if not most favorite pieces is this late Edo period early Meiji Kotoyaki vase made in the Hikone kilns on Lake Biwa. I’ve had an expert examine it and told me what I already found out. I want to know if there’s a possible attribution or made by the Kyoto artist Kanzan Denshichi. It adds up when you consider Kanzan had tenure at the Hikone kilns during the late Edo period until 1862 when he went back to Kyoto to open his own kiln. During his tenure at the kilns kanzan would have been teaching and help innovate the koto wares into strikingly beautiful ceramic works. The 750 on the bottom was added later, possibly an inventory or collection number. The reason I bring up a possible relation between my vase and Kanzan is because my vase has absolutely beautiful lattice and incising work on the handles and neck. Its to masterfully done. The type of piercing Kanzan was known for. My vase shares similar if not the same floral and scrolling designs. The use of gilt gold dots also look a lot like his. All the way to the scalloping designs on the top rim. I’ve left a couple comparison photos of my piece (left) and a museum piece (right) from the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. If able to prove it’s a Kanzan piece from his earlier years at the Hikone kiln, it would probably be one of his earliest known works. |
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Subject:Re: Late Edo Hikone Kotoware Vase made by Kanzan Denshichi
Posted By: Robert Wed, Jan 15, 2025 Hi Brad. Nice research on a very nice vase. Have you translated the mark on the base? |
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Subject:Re: Late Edo Hikone Kotoware Vase made by Kanzan Denshichi
Posted By: Brad Thu, Jan 16, 2025 The base doesn’t surprise me. While under the Hikone clans run of the kiln, the leader Li brought artists from all over the Seto and Kyoto area to work for his kilns in helping them produce very beautiful ceramics and experimental techniques. When Li was assassinated in 1860 the kiln lost the clan’s endorsement and became a privately ran kiln under its closure in 1895. Kanzan left the Hikone kilns in 1862 and opened his own hikone style kiln in Kyoto. |
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