IRONABESHIMA SHOCHIKUBOTANMON NANASUNKODAIZARA (Plate with multi-coloured overglazed enamel) Nabeshima ware

  • IRONABESHIMA SHOCHIKUBOTANMON NANASUNKODAIZARA (Plate with multi-coloured overglazed enamel) Nabeshima ware
  • IRONABESHIMA SHOCHIKUBOTANMON NANASUNKODAIZARA (Plate with multi-coloured overglazed enamel) Nabeshima ware
  • IRONABESHIMA SHOCHIKUBOTANMON NANASUNKODAIZARA (Plate with multi-coloured overglazed enamel) Nabeshima ware
  • IRONABESHIMA SHOCHIKUBOTANMON NANASUNKODAIZARA (Plate with multi-coloured overglazed enamel) Nabeshima ware
  • IRONABESHIMA SHOCHIKUBOTANMON NANASUNKODAIZARA (Plate with multi-coloured overglazed enamel) Nabeshima ware
  • IRONABESHIMA SHOCHIKUBOTANMON NANASUNKODAIZARA (Plate with multi-coloured overglazed enamel) Nabeshima ware
  • IRONABESHIMA SHOCHIKUBOTANMON NANASUNKODAIZARA (Plate with multi-coloured overglazed enamel) Nabeshima ware
  • IRONABESHIMA SHOCHIKUBOTANMON NANASUNKODAIZARA (Plate with multi-coloured overglazed enamel) Nabeshima ware
  • IRONABESHIMA SHOCHIKUBOTANMON NANASUNKODAIZARA (Plate with multi-coloured overglazed enamel) Nabeshima ware

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Ceramic Feature

Ironabeshima Shochikubotanmon Nanasun Kodai Sara (色鍋島松竹牡丹文七寸高台皿)

This is a Nabeshima ware dish which Kawasoe-san has created.
Overpainting with three colors of red, yellow and green after drawing a thin outline of pattern.
The red peonies stand out beautifully.

Kodai-sara
Kodai means trimmig a high footring of dish.
It leads to a sense of elegance.
Back to the Edo period, it was presented to the shogun's family.
The inside of the dish is also deep and the shape looks lile Japanese mokuhai cup.

Comes with a plate stand like the photo above.
The dish is also good for decoration in the room.

Iro Nabeshima (色鍋島)
- A porcelain vividly colored in red, green, and yellow of Nabeshima ware-

It refers to the skill of making colored porcelain.
Red, green, and yellow , those three colors are mainly used.
Traditional Japanese style design geometry, flowers, historic sites and others.

Colored porcelain made in the Nabeshima kiln is generally called iro-Nabeshima style.
It was Nabeshima-Hanyo which was founded as a directly managed business for Saga-Nabeshima domain.
A wide variety of ceramics are made such as ironabehsima, sometsuke and seiji as a gift to the lord.
In other words, a special works does not concern profitability.

It's said that the baked pottery in Mt. Okawachi were one of the excellent one in the mid-Edo period.
It's still passed down as a hidden treasure even today.
Kosen-gama has a workshop in Okawachi-cho.

Kawasoe-san also preserves the technique and works hard to make ceramics that's suitable for today's life.

Size

Height : 5.5 cm
Diameter : 21 cm

Artist Introduction

KAWASOE, Takahiko

KAWASOE, Takahiko

He lives in Okawachi-cho, Imari-shi and makes celadon, overglaze enamel and blue-and-white porcelain. Longstanding Imari's culture can be felt.

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Price:
¥176,000 JPY