With a wooden box authenticated by Tsune Kawai
D7.8cm×7.8cm H7cm
This striking ceramic covered box is a masterful work by Kawai Kanjiro, a pivotal master of Japan’s Mingei (Folk Craft) movement.
The lid and side surfaces feature bold, three-dimensional relief designs applied using the tsutsugaki (piping/slip-trailing) technique. Over these thick, raised motifs, Kanjiro’s signature deep blue gosu (cobalt) glaze is applied with elegance, creating a sophisticated contrast against the dark, iron-toned tactile body.
Combining a robust, generous form with the rich warmth of handcrafted art, this piece encapsulates Kanjiro's inventive sense of sculpture and his mastery of ceramic glazes.
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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