25422 Kanjiro Kawai (Flower Pot)

Height 6.3cm Diameter 21.4cm

Together with such great masters as Muneyoshi Yanagi and Shoji Hamada, who are representative of the Japanese folk art world, and such great masters as Kenkichi Tomimoto and Tatsuaki Kuroda, who are representative of modern Japanese crafts, Kawai Kanjiro is a master of Japanese folk art who has been highly praised worldwide for pioneering new frontiers in modern ceramics with his profound yet simple style that pursues "beauty of utility," and winning the Grand Prize at the Milan International Exhibition. The piece features floral patterns, which are his specialty.