Tentatively Kato Takuo 加藤卓男
Mino Studio Pottery
Oribe Vase Sake Bottle Tokkuri
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Type: Vase / Sake Bottle (Tokkuri)
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: 20th C. (1900s)
Origin/Maker: Tentatively Takuo Kato 加藤卓男. Mino ware, Japan. Maker's mark on base.
I'm tentative on this attribution because while it's almost certainly either Mino or Seto ware, and the item appears to have his mark (albeit without the usual square border), I couldn't find any examples of him using green Oribe decorations (though he has some Kuro Oribe examples (some using a similar design of grasses), and he was prolific with Shino (White Oribe)). Also, the color of clay used is darker than what he normally used.
Takuo Kato 加藤卓男1917-2005
Living National Treasure
His father was Kato Kobei the 5th, who presided over the Maruko Pottery Company. Purchased by the government for the Nitten Special Prize. Awarded the Modern Craft Prize at the Japan Modern Crafts Exhibition. Awarded the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition Ceramics Prize. Awarded the Tokai TV Culture Award for his research on ancient Persian ceramics, and the Chunichi Culture Award for his teaching and training of Mino ceramics. Councilor and judge at the Japan Modern Industrial Exhibition, the Chunichi International Exhibition, and the Nitten exhibition. President of the Mino Ceramic Society. Councilor of the Japan Federation of Industry and Commerce, and others. Mainly working in Mino and luster painting.
After nearly 20 years of trial and error, he succeeded in reproducing the luster glaze process, which had been a mystery for many years.
Luster glaze is a type of 9th-14th century Islamic pottery in which patterns are painted with copper, silver, or other oxides over a white tin lead glaze fired in a low-fire reduction firing process to produce a subdued luster similar to that of gold.
Awarded a Living National Treasure in 1995.
His son, Kato Yasuhide, is the 7th Kato Kobei. The 6th Kato Kobei is absent.
Size: 4 3/8" tall (11.1125 cm)
Weight: 5.4 oz (152 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Yamato antique market, Yamato (Yokohama area), Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, 16 NOV 2024
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. No cracks or chips. Original to manufacture glaze crazing / craquelure
Subject: Oribe vase or sake bottle (tokkuri) decorated with painted underglaze black grass or flower designs, with rich blue green Oribe glaze dripping down from the top of the vase
Location:
Tentatively Kato Takuo 加藤卓男 Mino Studio Pottery Oribe Vase Sake Bottle Tokkuri
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Type: Vase / Sake Bottle (Tokkuri)
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: 20th C. (1900s)
Origin/Maker: Tentatively Takuo Kato 加藤卓男. Mino ware, Japan. Maker's mark on base.
I'm tentative on this attribution because while it's almost certainly either Mino or Seto ware, and the item appears to have his mark (albeit without the usual square border), I couldn't find any examples of him using green Oribe decorations (though he has some Kuro Oribe examples (some using a similar design of grasses), and he was prolific with Shino (White Oribe)). Also, the color of clay used is darker than what he normally used.
Takuo Kato 加藤卓男1917-2005
Living National Treasure
His father was Kato Kobei the 5th, who presided over the Maruko Pottery Company. Purchased by the government for the Nitten Special Prize. Awarded the Modern Craft Prize at the Japan Modern Crafts Exhibition. Awarded the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition Ceramics Prize. Awarded the Tokai TV Culture Award for his research on ancient Persian ceramics, and the Chunichi Culture Award for his teaching and training of Mino ceramics. Councilor and judge at the Japan Modern Industrial Exhibition, the Chunichi International Exhibition, and the Nitten exhibition. President of the Mino Ceramic Society. Councilor of the Japan Federation of Industry and Commerce, and others. Mainly working in Mino and luster painting.
After nearly 20 years of trial and error, he succeeded in reproducing the luster glaze process, which had been a mystery for many years.
Luster glaze is a type of 9th-14th century Islamic pottery in which patterns are painted with copper, silver, or other oxides over a white tin lead glaze fired in a low-fire reduction firing process to produce a subdued luster similar to that of gold.
Awarded a Living National Treasure in 1995.
His son, Kato Yasuhide, is the 7th Kato Kobei. The 6th Kato Kobei is absent.
Size: 4 3/8" tall (11.1125 cm)
Weight: 5.4 oz (152 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Yamato antique market, Yamato (Yokohama area), Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, 16 NOV 2024
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. No cracks or chips. Original to manufacture glaze crazing / craquelure
Subject: Oribe vase or sake bottle (tokkuri) decorated with painted underglaze black grass or flower designs, with rich blue green Oribe glaze dripping down from the top of the vase
Location:
Tentatively Kato Takuo 加藤卓男 Mino Studio Pottery Oribe Vase Sake Bottle Tokkuri
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