AN IGA TYPE GLAZE POTTERY BOWL BY KITAOJI ROSANJIN (1883-1959)

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

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Description

ceramics

the exposed clay body fired to a deep orange, the rim applied with a thick green vitreous glaze, pooling in the well and stopping in large drops just short of the foot, the base incised Rosanjin, the box cover inscribed Igayu (Iga glaze), bachi (bowl), Rosanjin and sealed Ro (2)

Provenance

Collection of Monroe Wheeler (1899-1988) (by repute).
Collection of Anatole Pohorilenko (1943-2014) (by repute).