Kusube Yaichi 楠部彌弌 1897-1984
Incense Burner with Underglaze-Blue Dragon Motif, 龍文染付香炉, early 1930s
Porcelain
6 × 6 ¾ × 4 ½ in. (15.2 × 17.0 × 11.4 cm)
Signed underneath: Yaichi saku 彌一作 (Made by Yaichi)
Wood storage box inscribed: Seika tenkamon ryūmimi kōro 青華甜瓜文龍耳 香炉 (Incense burner with blue-and white melon design and dragon handles); signed: Yaichi saku 彌一作 Made by Yaichi); sealed: Sen 僊
Related work: Inui Yoshiaki 乾由明, Kusube Yaichi 楠部彌弌, Gendai Nihon tōgei zenshū現代日本陶芸全集 (Survey of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics), vol. 10, Tokyo, Shūeisha 集英社, 1981, cat. no. 3, a hexagonal flower vase with the same motifs exhibited at the 14th Teiten Exhibition, Tokyo, 1933; for other examples of underglaze blue decoration on similar forms, see also cat. nos. 12–13 (1932) and 14 (1931).
Wood storage box inscribed: Seika tenkamon ryūmimi kōro 青華甜瓜文龍耳 香炉 (Incense burner with blue-and white melon design and dragon handles); signed: Yaichi saku 彌一作 Made by Yaichi); sealed: Sen 僊
Related work: Inui Yoshiaki 乾由明, Kusube Yaichi 楠部彌弌, Gendai Nihon tōgei zenshū現代日本陶芸全集 (Survey of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics), vol. 10, Tokyo, Shūeisha 集英社, 1981, cat. no. 3, a hexagonal flower vase with the same motifs exhibited at the 14th Teiten Exhibition, Tokyo, 1933; for other examples of underglaze blue decoration on similar forms, see also cat. nos. 12–13 (1932) and 14 (1931).
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