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KITAOJI ROSANJIN (1883-1959)
A pair of Shino-style tokkuri (sake flasks)
Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1950
The stoneware bottles decorated with
orchids and grasses in red-iron oxide and
covered in a thick grey feldspathic glaze with 1367
red patches around the rim and foot, incised
on the underside with the artist’s mark Ro
With a wood tomobako inscribed on the
cover Aka Shino sake tokkuri, signed
Rosanjin and sealed and inscribed on the
underside Aka Shino tokkuri Rosanjin saku,
mei Harugusa and with a kao
5 7/8in (14.9cm) high

US$2,000 - 3,000
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KITAOJI ROSANJIN (1883-1959)
A pair of E-Shino style-dishes
Each of square shape with a sloping interior
decorated with a design of flowering grasses
in iron oxide, the thick speckled white glazed
of one plate suffused with pink, each incised
with the artist’s mark Ro
9 x 9in (23 x 23cm)
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US$1,000 - 1,500

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KITAOJI ROSANJIN (1883-1959)
A nezumi Shino-style dish
Of square shape with slightly undulating
contour and rounded corners, decorated
with a pattern of overlapping grass in white
on a light gray ground scattered with patches
of iron red, the base with five stilt marks and
incised with the artist’s mark Ro
11 3/8 x 11 3/8in (29 x 29cm)

US$1,000 - 1,500

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