Antique Japanese Minpei Awaji
Small Square Dish Blue Glazed
Basket & Leaves
Type: Small Dish / Plate
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912) or Taisho Period (1912-1926)
Origin/Maker: Minpei ware /
Awaji ware 淡路焼, Awajishima, Japan. Unsigned.
A Japanese Majolica, often in bright simple glazes (which often show some crackle), most often in green or yellow, but in an almost unlimited variety and combination of colors. Vases often have chipped bases. Sometimes in Art Nouveau or Art Deco forms. Often with carved designs of flowers.
Usually in the form of vases or tea ware, rarely as sculpture, except for some vases with raised relief decorations of dragons (these vases are most commonly in blue). Sometimes wrapped in rattan or silver wire (note that not all wrapped pottery is Awaji, much of it is Kyoto ware).
Similar to some Kyoto ware (some are very similarly glazed, only with different marks, and Kyoto ware was also sometimes wrapped), Satsuma ware (has a similar earthware composition, and has a similar glaze crackle), Wakayama Izumo ware (also often has a similar glaze crackle, and is also often in a dark green glaze).
From Wikipedia:
Awaji ware (淡路焼, Awaji-yaki), also known as Minpei or Mimpei ware, is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally made on Awaji Island in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea, western Japan. Some pieces are porcelain, others described as glazed "porcelaneous ware" or "pottery".
Awaji ware was founded in the early 1830s by Minpei Kashu (1796–1871) (last name also spelled Mimpei) from Iga village. Coming from a wealthy trading family, he was a scholar of classical literature and skillful in the art of chanoyu. He became concerned about the development of industrial resources in his province and devoted himself to the manufacture of ceramics, which he had studied under Ogata Shuhei (1788-1839), a famous Kyoto potter. Returning to his village after his studies, he established kilns in the fifth year of Tenpō (1835/1836) and devoted his whole fortune to his enterprises. Some sources give an earlier founding year of 1831. Lord Hachisuka of Awaji Province subsequently subsidized Minpei's manufactory and appointed him head of the workshops. Thus his efforts were successful, and his manufactory reached a prosperity such that its production equaled in value the rice harvest of the eleven surrounding villages. After Minpei's death in the second year of Bunkyū (1862) his successors continued manufacturing ceramics, which became a source of wealth for the province.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has nine pieces of Minpei ware in its permanent collection.
Awaji ware pieces are of a white or cream-colored clay and a blue or yellow glaze, sometimes also green, sharing similarities with sancai colours. There are pieces skillfully imitating Annan ware's articles and blue and white or blue-decorated porcelains.
Size: 3 1/2" long (8.89 cm), 3 1/2" wide (8.89 cm), 1/2" tall (1.27 cm)
Weight: 3.8 oz (107 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. Some light surface wear. Three original to manufacture stilt marks on base. Has a plastic and metal hanger glued to the reverse.
Subject: Small Minpei Awaji ceramic dish. With square shape, a woven basket design, light blue glaze overall, and a green and yellow glazes on vine leaves. Minpei ware like this is fairly rare outside Japan, as unlike most Awaji ware, it seems to have been retained mostly for Japanese domestic use, and not for export to the west. Pieces now demand high prices in Japan due to their bright designs and utility in the kitchen as small plates.
Location:
Antique Japanese Minpei Awaji Small Square Dish Blue Glazed Basket & Leaves
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912) or Taisho Period (1912-1926)
Origin/Maker: Minpei ware /
Awaji ware 淡路焼, Awajishima, Japan. Unsigned.
A Japanese Majolica, often in bright simple glazes (which often show some crackle), most often in green or yellow, but in an almost unlimited variety and combination of colors. Vases often have chipped bases. Sometimes in Art Nouveau or Art Deco forms. Often with carved designs of flowers.
Usually in the form of vases or tea ware, rarely as sculpture, except for some vases with raised relief decorations of dragons (these vases are most commonly in blue). Sometimes wrapped in rattan or silver wire (note that not all wrapped pottery is Awaji, much of it is Kyoto ware).
Similar to some Kyoto ware (some are very similarly glazed, only with different marks, and Kyoto ware was also sometimes wrapped), Satsuma ware (has a similar earthware composition, and has a similar glaze crackle), Wakayama Izumo ware (also often has a similar glaze crackle, and is also often in a dark green glaze).
From Wikipedia:
Awaji ware (淡路焼, Awaji-yaki), also known as Minpei or Mimpei ware, is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally made on Awaji Island in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea, western Japan. Some pieces are porcelain, others described as glazed "porcelaneous ware" or "pottery".
Awaji ware was founded in the early 1830s by Minpei Kashu (1796–1871) (last name also spelled Mimpei) from Iga village. Coming from a wealthy trading family, he was a scholar of classical literature and skillful in the art of chanoyu. He became concerned about the development of industrial resources in his province and devoted himself to the manufacture of ceramics, which he had studied under Ogata Shuhei (1788-1839), a famous Kyoto potter. Returning to his village after his studies, he established kilns in the fifth year of Tenpō (1835/1836) and devoted his whole fortune to his enterprises. Some sources give an earlier founding year of 1831. Lord Hachisuka of Awaji Province subsequently subsidized Minpei's manufactory and appointed him head of the workshops. Thus his efforts were successful, and his manufactory reached a prosperity such that its production equaled in value the rice harvest of the eleven surrounding villages. After Minpei's death in the second year of Bunkyū (1862) his successors continued manufacturing ceramics, which became a source of wealth for the province.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has nine pieces of Minpei ware in its permanent collection.
Awaji ware pieces are of a white or cream-colored clay and a blue or yellow glaze, sometimes also green, sharing similarities with sancai colours. There are pieces skillfully imitating Annan ware's articles and blue and white or blue-decorated porcelains.
Size: 3 1/2" long (8.89 cm), 3 1/2" wide (8.89 cm), 1/2" tall (1.27 cm)
Weight: 3.8 oz (107 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. Some light surface wear. Three original to manufacture stilt marks on base. Has a plastic and metal hanger glued to the reverse.
Subject: Small Minpei Awaji ceramic dish. With square shape, a woven basket design, light blue glaze overall, and a green and yellow glazes on vine leaves. Minpei ware like this is fairly rare outside Japan, as unlike most Awaji ware, it seems to have been retained mostly for Japanese domestic use, and not for export to the west. Pieces now demand high prices in Japan due to their bright designs and utility in the kitchen as small plates.
Location:
Antique Japanese Minpei Awaji Small Square Dish Blue Glazed Basket & Leaves
