22952 Kanjiro Kawai (Flower Vase)

Height 20.8cm Width 15.8cm Depth 12.4cm

Together with such great masters as Yanagi Muneyoshi and Hamada Shoji, who are representative of the Japanese folk art world, and Tomimoto Kenkichi and Kuroda Tatsuaki, who are representative of modern Japanese crafts, Kawai Kanjiro was a central figure who built the foundations of the Japanese folk art world. He pioneered new frontiers in modern ceramics with his profound yet simple style that pursued "beauty of utility," and was highly acclaimed worldwide, winning the Grand Prize at the Milan International Exhibition. This is an overwhelming masterpiece created in the final years of his life that says, "This is the real Kawai Kanjiro!!"