Hachi-Serving Bowl / Neriage / Kyoto / Ueda Tsuneji
Neriage Hachi-Serving Bowl by Ueda Tsuneji
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 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. Here is a rare Ueda form for neriage with various motif panels, quite the feat in clay; in perfect condition, 8.2cm.tallx19, signed box.