Antique Japanese Studio Porcelain KATO KANZAN DENSHICHI Set of 5 Cup & Saucers
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Type: Cup & Saucer Set
Material: Porcelain
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Denshichi Kanzan 幹山 伝七 (1821-1890), also called Kato Kanzan 幹山 加藤. Maker's mark on base of cups and saucers.
Denshichi Kanzan was born in 1821 in the ceramic-producing area of Seto and was trained in the Koto ware kiln in Hikone. He moved to Kyoto after the closedown of the kiln in 1862 and opened his own workshop under the name Denshichi Terao. The name was changed in 1863 to Shontei, then to Kanzan Kato, in 1872, to Kanzan Denshichi and in 1885 in Kanzan Toki Kaisha (Kanzan Ceramics Company). At Gottfried Wagener’s suggestion in 1970 he became the first potter in Japan to employ Western pigments and glazes. Kanzan’s works include porcelain tableware, both Western and Japanese in style, often decorated with brightly coloured polychrome and gold. According to Augustus Franks -Japanese Pottery 1880 - Kanzan Denshichi ‘invented a manner of representing in porcelain, iron inlaid with gold’. In 1873 the Imperial Household Ministry purchased Kanzan’s works, including some tableware for use in the Enriokan and other items in the style of the underglaze blue decorated Edo-period imperial porcelains known as kinri goyōtōki. Participating widely in national and international exhibitions, and receiving a large number of awards, Kanzan became one of the best known and most successful manufacturers of ceramics in Kyoto. At its peak, Kanzan’s workshop had up to 100 craftsmen, but mismanagement led to the dissolution of the workshop and he sold the Kanzan Toki Kaisha in 1889. He died a year later in 1890. The technique of colorful iro-é brushwork and intricate overglaze patterns that had preserved the "Kanzan porcelain" appellation for over a century however still exists. Kanzan Shigeta, born in Kyoto 1973 is the eighth generation of Kanzan ceramic artists and had his formal apprenticeship under his father, Kanzan Denshichi VII.
(www.satsuma-database.nl/444193245)
Size: Cup 2 1/8" tall ( cm), saucer 5 3/8" diameter
Weight: 2 lbs 4.9 oz (1047 g)
Provenance:
Collected: San Diego CA antique store APR 2023
Condition: Items are used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. One cup has a vertical hairline crack and a tiny chip to the upper rim. Another cup has a tiny chip to the upper rim. Two saucers have some red paint on their base.
Subject: Decorated with designs of green bamboo on a white background
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Antique Japanese Studio Porcelain KATO KANZAN DENSHICHI Set of 5 Cup & Saucers
See also:
Type: Cup & Saucer Set
Material: Porcelain
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Denshichi Kanzan 幹山 伝七 (1821-1890), also called Kato Kanzan 幹山 加藤. Maker's mark on base of cups and saucers.
Denshichi Kanzan was born in 1821 in the ceramic-producing area of Seto and was trained in the Koto ware kiln in Hikone. He moved to Kyoto after the closedown of the kiln in 1862 and opened his own workshop under the name Denshichi Terao. The name was changed in 1863 to Shontei, then to Kanzan Kato, in 1872, to Kanzan Denshichi and in 1885 in Kanzan Toki Kaisha (Kanzan Ceramics Company). At Gottfried Wagener’s suggestion in 1970 he became the first potter in Japan to employ Western pigments and glazes. Kanzan’s works include porcelain tableware, both Western and Japanese in style, often decorated with brightly coloured polychrome and gold. According to Augustus Franks -Japanese Pottery 1880 - Kanzan Denshichi ‘invented a manner of representing in porcelain, iron inlaid with gold’. In 1873 the Imperial Household Ministry purchased Kanzan’s works, including some tableware for use in the Enriokan and other items in the style of the underglaze blue decorated Edo-period imperial porcelains known as kinri goyōtōki. Participating widely in national and international exhibitions, and receiving a large number of awards, Kanzan became one of the best known and most successful manufacturers of ceramics in Kyoto. At its peak, Kanzan’s workshop had up to 100 craftsmen, but mismanagement led to the dissolution of the workshop and he sold the Kanzan Toki Kaisha in 1889. He died a year later in 1890. The technique of colorful iro-é brushwork and intricate overglaze patterns that had preserved the "Kanzan porcelain" appellation for over a century however still exists. Kanzan Shigeta, born in Kyoto 1973 is the eighth generation of Kanzan ceramic artists and had his formal apprenticeship under his father, Kanzan Denshichi VII.
(www.satsuma-database.nl/444193245)
Size: Cup 2 1/8" tall ( cm), saucer 5 3/8" diameter
Weight: 2 lbs 4.9 oz (1047 g)
Provenance:
Collected: San Diego CA antique store APR 2023
Condition: Items are used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. One cup has a vertical hairline crack and a tiny chip to the upper rim. Another cup has a tiny chip to the upper rim. Two saucers have some red paint on their base.
Subject: Decorated with designs of green bamboo on a white background
Location:
Antique Japanese Studio Porcelain KATO KANZAN DENSHICHI Set of 5 Cup & Saucers
