Ceramic Netsuke, Ojime, & Inro Set
signed Miura Kenya
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Type: Ceramic Gourd Netsuke, Ceramic Ojime, Ceramic Inro
Material: Ceramic
Age: Mid-to-late 19th C. (mid-to-late 1800s)
Origin/Maker: Signed Miura Kenya (Ogata Kenzan VI, 1821-1889) on base of inro. Miura Kenya was the last of the Edo (Tokyo) line of artists following Ogata Kenzan. He made Kenzan-style pottery, but also explored Western technologies, building Japan's first ironclad ship and opening factories that produced Western brick, glass and ceramic insulators. One of his disciples was Bernard Leach's teacher.
Size: 2.5" (6.5 cm). Inro 2.5" x 2.5" (6.2 x 6.5 cm)
Weight:
Provenance: Was part of a museum collection.
Collected: 8 MAY 2014
Condition: Chip to netsuke.
Subject: Mallow/Hibiscus flowers. Gourd shaped netsuke. Netsuke has a himotoshi cord hole running through it's middle.
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Material: Ceramic
Age: Mid-to-late 19th C. (mid-to-late 1800s)
Origin/Maker: Signed Miura Kenya (Ogata Kenzan VI, 1821-1889) on base of inro. Miura Kenya was the last of the Edo (Tokyo) line of artists following Ogata Kenzan. He made Kenzan-style pottery, but also explored Western technologies, building Japan's first ironclad ship and opening factories that produced Western brick, glass and ceramic insulators. One of his disciples was Bernard Leach's teacher.
Size: 2.5" (6.5 cm). Inro 2.5" x 2.5" (6.2 x 6.5 cm)
Weight:
Provenance: Was part of a museum collection.
Collected: 8 MAY 2014
Condition: Chip to netsuke.
Subject: Mallow/Hibiscus flowers. Gourd shaped netsuke. Netsuke has a himotoshi cord hole running through it's middle.
Location: