A small Bizen jar for used water (kensui). Momoyama period, 16th century - image-1

Lot 339 Dα

A small Bizen jar for used water (kensui). Momoyama period, 16th century

Auction 1101 - overview Cologne
08.12.2017, 14:00 - Japanese Art
Estimate: 800 € - 1.200 €
Result: 992 € (incl. premium)
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A small Bizen jar for used water (kensui). Momoyama period, 16th century

A small Bizen jar for used water (kensui) of irregular shape, with two hand-shaped handles to the shoulder and a mark to the base, the same mark to the side of one of the handles, the body partly covered with a greyish glaze. Momoyama period, 16th century. Lacquered wood box, cotton cloth.
Height 9,3 cm

Provenance

Collection Vollmer-Bergmann, Berlin. Acquired in the 1990s in Japan

Literature

Illustrated in: Gudrun Schmidt-Esters (Hrsg.), Momoyama-Keramik und ihr Einfluss auf die Gegenwart, Ausstellungskatalog, Stiftung Keramion, Frechen, 2011, p. 38, fig. 52

Exhibitions

Momoyama-Keramik und ihr Einfluss auf die Gegenwart, Stiftung Keramion, Frechen, 2011, 22.5.-11.9.2011