Diameter: 15 cm / Height: 13 cm
This jikiro (covered food container) is a work by Kanjiro Kawai, a central figure in the Mingei (folk craft) movement who established a unique aesthetic within modern Japanese ceramics.
The lid, made in the slipware style with decorative white slip, features kushime (combed) patterns across its domed surface. The flowing glaze gives the piece a dynamic yet harmonious character. It can be used as a container or simply appreciated as an art object on display.
Kanjiro KAWAI
1890 - 1966
Kanjirou Kawai was a Kyoto-based potter within the folk tradition of Japanese and Korean ceramics and a key figure in Mingei (Japanese folk art movement). He was a long-time friend of Shōji Hamada, Soetsu Yanagi, and Bernard Leach with whom he co-founded the Japan Folk Art Association in 1926. He refused all official honors, such as the designation of “Living National Treasures,” He often decorated his works with bold, semiabstract blossom motifs, which he painted freely in under-glaze cobalt blue, iron brown, and copper red.
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