Celadon censer (koro) by Miyashita Zenju (1901-1968)
Kyoto, Japan
Showa Period (1926-1989)
Of octagonal section raised on tripod feet with lion mask handles at either side, the lid decorated with a peach and foliage, entirely covered in a fine bluish-green ‘Guan’-type crackled celadon glaze. Impressed mark to base. 11cm high, 11cm. Together with the tomobako (original signed box) and stamped cotton shifuku.
Cat. 332
Miyashita Zenju
Zenju began making ceramics in Kyoto in 1918, apprenticed to Kawamura Seizan (1890-1967). He then went abroad to study ceramics in China and Korea during the late 1920s, returning home in 1929. He then studied under Kusube Yaichi (1897-1984), whose modernism and attention to pure forms and glazes were highly influential on Zenju’s career. He regularly exhibited at exhibitions including the Bunten and Nitten, and at the World Fair in 1939 and 1940. In 1975 he was awarded the Prime Minister’s Award at the Nitten. His work is held in the Kyoto National Museum amongst others. His son and student Miyashita Zenji (1939-2012) went on to become a famous post-war ceramicist with works held in the Metropolitan Museum and many others around the world.
Kyoto, Japan
Showa Period (1926-1989)
Of octagonal section raised on tripod feet with lion mask handles at either side, the lid decorated with a peach and foliage, entirely covered in a fine bluish-green ‘Guan’-type crackled celadon glaze. Impressed mark to base. 11cm high, 11cm. Together with the tomobako (original signed box) and stamped cotton shifuku.
Cat. 332
Miyashita Zenju
Zenju began making ceramics in Kyoto in 1918, apprenticed to Kawamura Seizan (1890-1967). He then went abroad to study ceramics in China and Korea during the late 1920s, returning home in 1929. He then studied under Kusube Yaichi (1897-1984), whose modernism and attention to pure forms and glazes were highly influential on Zenju’s career. He regularly exhibited at exhibitions including the Bunten and Nitten, and at the World Fair in 1939 and 1940. In 1975 he was awarded the Prime Minister’s Award at the Nitten. His work is held in the Kyoto National Museum amongst others. His son and student Miyashita Zenji (1939-2012) went on to become a famous post-war ceramicist with works held in the Metropolitan Museum and many others around the world.
Kyoto, Japan
Showa Period (1926-1989)
Of octagonal section raised on tripod feet with lion mask handles at either side, the lid decorated with a peach and foliage, entirely covered in a fine bluish-green ‘Guan’-type crackled celadon glaze. Impressed mark to base. 11cm high, 11cm. Together with the tomobako (original signed box) and stamped cotton shifuku.
Cat. 332
Miyashita Zenju
Zenju began making ceramics in Kyoto in 1918, apprenticed to Kawamura Seizan (1890-1967). He then went abroad to study ceramics in China and Korea during the late 1920s, returning home in 1929. He then studied under Kusube Yaichi (1897-1984), whose modernism and attention to pure forms and glazes were highly influential on Zenju’s career. He regularly exhibited at exhibitions including the Bunten and Nitten, and at the World Fair in 1939 and 1940. In 1975 he was awarded the Prime Minister’s Award at the Nitten. His work is held in the Kyoto National Museum amongst others. His son and student Miyashita Zenji (1939-2012) went on to become a famous post-war ceramicist with works held in the Metropolitan Museum and many others around the world.