Vase with Low-Relief Decoration of Bamboo Leaves

ca. 1915 (Taisho period) H with base: 17 3/16 in. (43.6 cm); Vase: H: 14 3/4 x Diam: 16 1/8 in. (37.5 x 40.9 cm); Wooden base: H: 2 5/8 x Diam: 10 1/8 in. (6.6 x 25.7 cm) Citation Source image

Potter Itaya Hazan was fascinated by light and obsessed by its diffusion on ceramic forms. With this vase, Hazan introduced to the international art world a new technique that he invented called saiji. Saiji is a form of underglazing that uses matte colored glazes. The results...

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The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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