A CONTEMPORARY SAKE CUP

(20TH CENTURY), SIGNED RO [KITAOJI ROSANJIN (1883-1959)]

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A CONTEMPORARY SAKE CUP
(20TH CENTURY), SIGNED RO [KITAOJI ROSANJIN (1883-1959)]
OF HEXAGONAL SECTION RISING FROM A FLAT FOOT ENCLOSING A RECESSED BASE, DECORATED ON EACH FACET WITH A GOURD OF GREEN ENAMEL OUTLINED IN IRON-BROWN ON YELLOW ENAMEL GROUND, THE INTERIOR OF THE CUP AND THE RECESSED BASE ALSO COVERED BY YELLOW ENAMEL, THE FOOT UNGLAZED, SIGNED RO IN IRON-BROWN ON THE BASE AND STAMPED SEIKA IN A CIRCULAR RESERVE
2.1/8 IN. (5.2 CM.) HIGH

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FOR THREE CUPS OF THE SAME DESIGN WHICH WAS CALLED ANNAMESE STYLE SEE SHIRASAKI HIDEO, KITAOJI ROSANJIN SAKUHIN ZUROKU/WORKS OF ROSANJIN KITAOJI (TOKYO: TOKUMA SHOTEN, 1972), NO. 216; FOR TWO CUPS SEE THE CERAMIC ART OF KITAOJI ROSANJIN, THREE AMERICAN COLLECTIONS (TOKYO: BENRIDO, 1964), NO. 45

FOUR IDENTICAL CUPS FROM A SPLIT-UP SET OF TWENTY WERE SOLD IN OUR PARK AVENUE ROOMS, APRIL 21, 1989, LOT 699

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