Japan, Meiji Blue “Writhing Dragon” Porcelain Vase, Awaji Kiln
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Japan, a fine robin’s egg blue -writhing dragon- porcelain vase, Awaji Kiln from the late Meiji period (1868-1912).
Dimensions: , 16” high 6” wide at base, Meiji period, (1868-1912).
The heavy porcelain vase crafted in a tubular modernist form with brilliant blue-green glazed finish with an applied twisting dragon sculpture,
Provenance: private New England collection.
Undoubtedly influenced by the modernist movement and more likely by the visit to the Awaji kilns by the noted English designer Christopher Dresser of Linthorpe Art Pottery, Yorkshire, UK (his visit recorded in 1875), this pottery kiln was located on Awaji island in Japan between Honshu and Shikoku. It was founded about 1830 by a doctor named Minpei in the village of Iga. The Awaji potters were masters of their crafts, specialists in using high-fired, white or cream colored clays with brilliant colored glazes. This singular vase is the only example of its size we have seen.
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