Antique 1800s Japanese
Kairakuen ware 偕楽園焼
Eiraku Hozen Porcelain Tokkuri Vase
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Type: Vase or Sake Bottle (Tokkuri)
Material: Porcelain
Age: Early 1800s Edo Period (1615–1868)
Origin/Maker: Eiraku Zengoro 11th Eiraku Hozen 十一代 永楽善五郎 保全 (1795-1855), Kairakuen ware, Wakayama Prefecture (former Kii Province), Japan. Marked 偕楽園焼 (Kairakuen sei) on base. Kairakuen wares were fired in the Kairaku-en (kairaku garden) in the Nishihama pavilion built for Tokugawa Harutomi (1771-1852). The Kairakuen kiln was the official kiln of the Daimyo (provincial lord) of Kii (modern day Wakayama prefecture) who was a member of the ruling Tokugawa family. It was a private kiln for Harutomi, who invited potters including Raku Tan’nyu (1795-1854), Eiraku Hozen (1795-1854), Nin’nami Dohachi (1783-1855), to mainly fire tea bowls and utensils. The Kairakuen kiln in Kii province produced ceramics for the Kii branch of the Tokugawa Clan. It is recorded to have fired only four times between 1819 and 1836. The style of this vase reflects an interest in Chinese Ming ceramics that had swept through Japan in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Similar examples of Kairakuen "fahua" vases are in The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Musee Cernuschi, Paris; The Victoria and Albert Museum, London; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Size: 6" tall
Weight: 5.8 oz (165 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Collected: Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, recycle shop 8 JUL 2023
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. No cracks or chips.
Subject: Porcelain with molded and glazed relief decoration in the Chinese Ming Dynasty fahua style to show Shou medallions, in turquoise blue over a deep violet purple glazed ground
Location:
Antique 1800s Japanese Kairakuen ware 偕楽園焼 Eiraku Hozen Porcelain Tokkuri Vase
Similar Examples:
Similar examples from Freemans Auction, in the VA Museum, the Met Museum
www.freemansauction.com/auctions/asian-arts-1498/lot/167?fbclid=IwAR1qhMHShUOYcA8iqqtrs56Wa-tOFSOlSPzJ1YqcDJ2GjtOm3A4i6h9-SXI
collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O495119/vase-unknown/?fbclid=IwAR1qhMHShUOYcA8iqqtrs56Wa-tOFSOlSPzJ1YqcDJ2GjtOm3A4i6h9-SXI
www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/47959?fbclid=IwAR1tGO2shy_KIuqc5UVUqpl-nA2Ncp6avcZmP1pvircr_1ICs9XcK81Tjtk
www.ebay.com/sch/xcoasterxtreme/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&rt=nc&LH_Auction=1
See also:
Type: Vase or Sake Bottle (Tokkuri)
Material: Porcelain
Age: Early 1800s Edo Period (1615–1868)
Origin/Maker: Eiraku Zengoro 11th Eiraku Hozen 十一代 永楽善五郎 保全 (1795-1855), Kairakuen ware, Wakayama Prefecture (former Kii Province), Japan. Marked 偕楽園焼 (Kairakuen sei) on base. Kairakuen wares were fired in the Kairaku-en (kairaku garden) in the Nishihama pavilion built for Tokugawa Harutomi (1771-1852). The Kairakuen kiln was the official kiln of the Daimyo (provincial lord) of Kii (modern day Wakayama prefecture) who was a member of the ruling Tokugawa family. It was a private kiln for Harutomi, who invited potters including Raku Tan’nyu (1795-1854), Eiraku Hozen (1795-1854), Nin’nami Dohachi (1783-1855), to mainly fire tea bowls and utensils. The Kairakuen kiln in Kii province produced ceramics for the Kii branch of the Tokugawa Clan. It is recorded to have fired only four times between 1819 and 1836. The style of this vase reflects an interest in Chinese Ming ceramics that had swept through Japan in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Similar examples of Kairakuen "fahua" vases are in The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Musee Cernuschi, Paris; The Victoria and Albert Museum, London; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Size: 6" tall
Weight: 5.8 oz (165 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Collected: Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, recycle shop 8 JUL 2023
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. No cracks or chips.
Subject: Porcelain with molded and glazed relief decoration in the Chinese Ming Dynasty fahua style to show Shou medallions, in turquoise blue over a deep violet purple glazed ground
Location:
Antique 1800s Japanese Kairakuen ware 偕楽園焼 Eiraku Hozen Porcelain Tokkuri Vase
Similar Examples:
Similar examples from Freemans Auction, in the VA Museum, the Met Museum
www.freemansauction.com/auctions/asian-arts-1498/lot/167?fbclid=IwAR1qhMHShUOYcA8iqqtrs56Wa-tOFSOlSPzJ1YqcDJ2GjtOm3A4i6h9-SXI
collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O495119/vase-unknown/?fbclid=IwAR1qhMHShUOYcA8iqqtrs56Wa-tOFSOlSPzJ1YqcDJ2GjtOm3A4i6h9-SXI
www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/47959?fbclid=IwAR1tGO2shy_KIuqc5UVUqpl-nA2Ncp6avcZmP1pvircr_1ICs9XcK81Tjtk