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Kinkazan, Vase and Cover, glazed porcelain, 14 x 31 in., Kansas State University, Marianna Kist…
Lidded vase
Kinkazan, Vase and Cover, glazed porcelain, 14 x 31 in., Kansas State University, Marianna Kist…
Kinkazan, Vase and Cover, glazed porcelain, 14 x 31 in., Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of John H. Kohn, 1989.36

Lidded vase

Artist (Japan)
Dateca. 1900
MediumGlazed porcelain
DimensionsDIAMETER: 31 in. (78.7 cm)
HEIGHT: 14 in. (35.6 cm)
Object TypeDecorative Arts
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of John H. Kohn
Object number1989.36
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Description
Myriad clusters of intertwining flowers and plants decorate the creamy white crackled surface of this exuberantly painted lidded vase. Generically known as Satsuma, this type of porcelain was widely exported from Japan to the United States and Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Satsuma ware took its name from ceramics produced as special products for the Satsuma domain in Kyushu, Japan. The Kinkōzan family, who worked with the Awata kilns in Kyoto, adapted the Satsuma style at the turn of the twentieth century to create a hugely successful factory and export business. The bottom of this vase bears an inscription that translates to “Great Imperial Japan, Awata, Kyoto. Made by Kinkōzan,” as well as a seal in red of the painter’s name, Hyokuga 皕画, which aptly translates as “many pictures.” The dynamic design of flowing plant forms suggests that the vase might have been especially made as a show piece under the direction of Kinkōzan Sōbei (1868-1927) for the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition held in Saint Louis, Missouri in 1904.
—Sherry Fowler
Exhibitions
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Small plate
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Porcelain tile table screen
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Table screen
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Snuff bottle
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Bonsai cache pot
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19th century
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early 20th century