Kitsune - Arie Vos
Japanese Art
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Rue des Minimes
1000 Brussels
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ABOUT
Our gallery is devoted to Japanese art reflecting the inner soul of Japan. The items we select are primarily of native taste. We aim to embody Japanese culture and its rich tradition through different art forms… exploring the beauty in daily life characterized by simplicity that is unpretentious and original. Our selection encompasses tea ceremony art, folk art, scholar art, samurai art and religious art.
Bizen Kamo Dokkuri, early 17th century.
Bizen is well-known as one of the 6 ancient kilns (rokkoyo) in Japan with over a thousand years of history.
Here we have a rare, early Edo period, old Bizen sake ash glazed stoneware bottle in shape of a wild duck (kamo dokkuri). Using the popular shape of a double gourd, this twisted variation with two dents at the bulbous neck, is abstractly resembling a wild duck, known from the iconographical canon of ink paintings: The wild duck lifts its head to the sky while probably crying for its flock.
The tokkuri comes in a fitted wooden box with a certifying inscription by art historian and ceramic specialist Katsura Matasaburō (1901-1986), dating this piece to the early Edo period.
H 20,5 x D 12,0 cm
