Lot Essay
Kasuke was a Kyoto potter and a student of Yeisen. He was active in the mid Edo period.
SIGNED KASUKE, MID EDO PERIOD, (LATE 18TH CENTURY)
Details
A Hiire
Signed Kasuke, mid Edo period, (late 18th Century)
Decorated in red and green overglaze with ho-o birds among flowers and foliage (some old red lacquer repairs, fritting to rim)
9.8cm. high
Signed Kasuke, mid Edo period, (late 18th Century)
Decorated in red and green overglaze with ho-o birds among flowers and foliage (some old red lacquer repairs, fritting to rim)
9.8cm. high
Provenance
Morse Collection no. 603
An American East Coast Museum no. 139A88, (see catalogue notes to previous lot)
An American East Coast Museum no. 139A88, (see catalogue notes to previous lot)
Literature
A similar example is illustrated in Morse, Edward S. Catalogue of the Morse Collection of Japanese Pottery, no.3314, case 31