A contemporary peach-shaped vase

CIRCA 1955, BY KAWAI KANJIRO (1890-1966)

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A contemporary peach-shaped vase
Circa 1955, by Kawai Kanjiro (1890-1966)
Shaped as a stylised peach of flattened oviform shape with sharp-edged sides defining the protruding shoulders, painted on one side in underglaze red, blue and brownish green with a single magnolia spray, the reverse with a geometric design within shaped roundels, surmounted by a diamond-shaped neck with broad flat rim in underglaze blue suffused irregularly with dark brown, the interior dark reddish brown
16.6 cm high

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