Bowl with Twinleaf Design in Overglaze Enamel, White Slip and Sumi-hajiki
H 14.4 / ø 46.4 cm,Year.2026Imaemon Imaizumi XIV
1962 -- CeramicsLiving National Treasure
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Price Range
$1,000 - 32,000
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Description
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CategoryCeramics
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DimensionsH 14.4 / ø 46.4 cm
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Year presented2026
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RarityUnique
Techniques Used
Overglaze enamel
Overglaze enamel decorations (iro-e, literally “colored pictures”) are achieved by applying designs to the surface of already glazed and fired porcelain. The decorations are painted over the glaze, and the piece is fired again at a low temperature of approximately 800℃. The pigments used in traditional overglaze decorations are known as wa enogu (“Japanese paints”) and offer a palette of colors such as red, blue, yellow, green, and purple. Overglaze enameling may also be done with Western pigments (yō enogu).
Ink resist decorations
Ink resist (sumihajiki) techniques developed in the seventeenth century as a method for reserving white spaces in designs on Nabeshima ware, a type of high-quality gift porcelain fired in the Saga Nabeshima domain’s official kilns. Sumi ink is used to paint designs on the vessel, over which colored pigments are then applied. The ink, which contains animal glue, repels the water in the pigment, preventing it from adhering to the body of the piece. When the vessel is bisque fired, the ink evaporates, leaving behind white designs in its place.
Selected exhibitions
- The 73rd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2026)
- Selected
