25438 Kanjiro Kawai, Cobalt blue cylindrical painted flower pattern flat vase (Kanjiro Toshi)

Height 21.5cm

Width 17.5cm

Depth 13.2cm

Kawai Kanjiro is a master of Japanese folk art who has won worldwide acclaim for pioneering new frontiers in modern ceramics with his profound yet simple style that pursues "beauty of utility," winning the Grand Prize at the Milan International Exhibition. Kanjiro's distinctive floral motif and the hands holding the flowers are depicted using his specialty tube painting technique. Works in which flowers and hands are depicted using tube painting are extremely rare, and the color of the cinnabar is impeccable.