Chawan / Ueda Tsuneji
Neriage Bokuryu Chawan by Ueda Tsuneji
Great mingei potter Ueda Tsuneji (1914-1987) was master of the Kinozara-yama kiln in Kyoto which he opened in 1936. An apprentice of Kawai Kanjiro, Ueda studied the difficult mosaic-marbled style known as neriage or nerikomi with the great Kawai Kanjiro who reinvented this Chinese T'ang dynasty style. Ueda's work is in the Japan Folk Crafts Museum as well as many prominent private collections. This is a classic Ueda neriage chawan in a bokuryu-'flowing ink' style. Truly, this chawan fully illustrates why Ueda was one of the foremost neriage potters in Japan. His technique is masterful and eloquent, with a great pattern of clay colors (white, gray, black, then white) mixed together in a milky way universe. The patterns are as enigmatic and varied as the skies above. He applies a clear glaze on the body, and one can see blue/creamy white ash glaze throughout the facade as well. Tsuneji's chawan captivate and mystify, and such is this chawan -simply imagine what green frothy tea would look like in the well of this chawan... From a Kyoto great, this chawan is 8cm tall, 13.5cm wide, comes with a signed box and is in perfect condition.
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