Bowl in style of Gyeryongsan ware

Object Details

• Artist

  Kitaoji Rosanjin 北大路 魯山人 (1883-1959)

• Description

  Hakeme bowl with incised phrase "Daikichi Yo"

  Mark: incised sixpointed "star" (made with three intersecting lines) on base inside footrim.

  Box, paulownia wood. Inscribed on the front of the lid: "Hakeme / hachi (bowl with brushed-slip decoration) ... yohen (kiln change) / Rosanjin."

• Signatures

  L.Cort, June 2009): incised 6-point "star" on base inside footrim

  incised sixpointed "star" (made with three intersecting lines) on base inside footrim.

  incised sixpointed "star" (made with three intersecting lines) on base inside footrim.

• Inscriptions

  incised phrase "Daikichi Yo"

• Label

  Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883–1959)—calligrapher, gourmand, cultural impresario—began designing ceramics in order to provide tableware that met his standards for the restaurant “Hoshigaoka” that he ran in Tokyo. As the inscription shows, Rosanjin chose the shape and decor of a Korean buncheong ware bowl to convey a message of “good fortune” during a meal celebrating a New Year of the Ram, probably either 1930 or 1942.

• Provenance

  From 1972 to 2010

  Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge [1]

  From 2010

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2010

  Notes:

  [1]

  Curatorial notes: Purchased by Taka Hauge at a silent auction at the Tokyo Bijutsu Club in 1972.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Victor and Takako Hauge

• Origin

  Kita Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1930s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Place

  Japan, Kita Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), White slip, Hauge collection, Stoneware, Japanese Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)