c. 1938

Jar

Japanese, 1890 - 1966

Kawai Kanjiro's ceramics from the 1930s employ traditional techniques revived by the influential Mingei (folk art) movement: hakeme (brush marks), tsutsu-gaki (trailing with slip), neriage (marbling), and ro-nuki (wax resist). Decorated with a Temmoku glaze and wax-resist rondels painted in underglaze cobalt, copper, and iron, this jar demonstrates the sophisticated artlessness that is the hallmark of Kawai's work.