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Sumida Gawa Floral Relief Vase with Flambe Glaze browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese: Pre 1920: item # 1000589 Please refer to our stock # 2A-810 when inquiring.
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This unusual Japanese Sumida Gawa ceramic vase in scalloped ovoid form with transmuted flambé glaze is decorated with a large windblown flower molded in high relief. Early 20th century; unsigned. Except for the smooth white foot rim, the vase is fully glazed all over with dense and richly crackled, variegated shades of green and blue which transmute into one another. The large white blossom is realistically molded in high relief, with distinct petals, pistols and stamens. The shape of the blossom and low relief leaves suggests a flower blowing in the wind. Sumida Gawa wares were produced in the Akasuka region of Tokyo intersected by the Sumida Gawa (“gawa” means river), for which these ceramics were named. In 1866, Inoue Ryosai, a Seto potter, established a kiln in this district. He became renowned for the characteristic style of porcelain-bodied wares with transmutation (flambe) curtain glazes and applied figures in high relief. The earliest Sumida wares, which date from the 1870’s, have totally glazed bodies with either a flambe or splashed multi-colored glaze. Combinations of these color glazes were applied on the item in a manner that, when fired, the colors would flow forming streaked and contrasting hues. The finished splashed and flambé glaze color combinations formed curtains and droplets. Sumida ware was a hard white porcelaneous ware into the late 1920’s; production ceased in 1941. (Three similar vases are illustrated in Figures 340 to 342 on page 131 of “Sumida…According to Us” by Karp and Pond.) CONDITION is excellent, with no losses to the delicate high relief flower. DIMENSIONS: 5” (12.7 cm) high, 5 ½” (14 cm) approximate diameter. |
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