Lot description
Property of Various Owners
KATŌ TOMOTARŌ (1851-1916)
A Large Porcelain Vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900
The large vase set on a ring foot with a compressed ovoid body rising to a straight, upright neck flaring out to a wide mouth, decorated in underglaze blue with black highlights with cranes molded in relief below large pine trees, signed on the underside in a rectangular reserve Yūgyokuen Tōjū sei
18 1/2in (47cm) highFootnotes
Born into a ceramic-making family in Seto, Katō Tomotarō (artist name: Tōju) moved to Tokyo in 1874 and worked for government-managed factories; he was taught by the German technical entrepreneur Gottfried Wagner. His work typically features delicate motifs drawn from nature and shows a mastery of the East Asian porcelain tradition combined with latest trend-setting design innovations.
Quoted from the lot page, © Bonhams. Bonhams, Fine Japanese & Korean Art, 2026-09-16, lot 1079 ↗
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