25573 Living National Treasure, Kakiemon Sakaida Kakiemon XIV, Vase with muddy handles and design of caresses (15th generation, Shikibako)

Height 21.5cm　　　　　
Dia. 19.0cm

Kakiemon XIV has inherited the traditional Kakiemon style and further evolved the muddy technique established by his predecessors to produce excellent works of art with outstanding descriptive ability and a high sense of style. This piece was made by the renowned artist Sakaida Kakiemon XIV, who has made great achievements, including being recognized as a Living National Treasure for Arita-yaki porcelain with overglaze enamels. The “Nadeko” design is one of the most popular subjects of his paintings, which are brightly and beautifully rendered on a milky-white muddy-ground surface with light and extended brush strokes and a clean, unobtrusive color scheme. The work is a superb gem, with its perfectly proportioned form, vividly colored and realistic painting, and densely painted but with a beautiful blank space. The works of the fourteenth generation, who has carried the 400-year history of Arita on their shoulders, continue to receive steady acclaim and will continue to attract much attention in the future. Currently, it is extremely difficult to obtain a muddled handmade piece by the 14th generation Sakaida Kakiemon. A work of this magnitude is not only difficult to obtain, it is almost impossible to find. We hope you will take this opportunity to collect it. This is the last work of the 14th generation Sakaida Kakiemon, who passed away without ever seeing it completed. Therefore, the 15th Kakiemon Sakaida wrote the box.