{"product_id":"vintage-japanese-happu-yaki-pottery-vase-signed-kizan-hand-painted-floral-iron-glaze-mid-century-studio-ikebana-hanaire-bottle-vase","title":"Vintage Japanese Happu-yaki Pottery Vase, Signed Kizan, Hand-Painted Floral Iron-Glaze, Mid-Century Studio Ikebana Hanaire Bottle Vase","description":"✦ Vintage Japanese Happu-yaki Studio Pottery Vase ✦\u003cbr\u003e✦ Signed by the artist Kizan (喜山) ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautifully hand-thrown Japanese stoneware vase from the Happu-yaki \u003cbr\u003e(八風焼 \/ \"Eight Winds Kiln\") tradition, signed on the base by the \u003cbr\u003eartist Kizan (喜山). Hand-painted with iron-glaze floral motifs in the \u003cbr\u003ehakeme (brushed slip) tradition characteristic of mid-century Mino-style \u003cbr\u003estudio pottery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe vase features a tall bottle form (tokkuri \/ 徳利-style) with a \u003cbr\u003egracefully flared spouted lip — equally at home as an ikebana hanaire \u003cbr\u003e(flower vessel) or as a sculptural decorative piece. The cream-white \u003cbr\u003ehakeme slip ground is decorated with bold, gestural floral sprays in \u003cbr\u003eiron-oxide brown and rust pigments, creating a beautifully balanced \u003cbr\u003ecomposition that wraps fully around the form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ PROVENANCE — THE SCHOLAR'S ESTATE COLLECTION ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcquired from the estate of a scholarly Pacific Northwest couple — \u003cbr\u003ethe husband a historian with degrees from a leading East Coast \u003cbr\u003euniversity, the wife a graduate of the University of Paris in French \u003cbr\u003eLanguage and Civilization. The estate included an extensive personal \u003cbr\u003elibrary of Japanese woodblock print (ukiyo-e) reference books, \u003cbr\u003eauction catalogues, and East Asian art studies — indicating the \u003cbr\u003efamily's serious and sustained engagement with Japanese art and \u003cbr\u003ecraft traditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is part of an ongoing curated release from the same estate. \u003cbr\u003ePlease follow SWCurated to see other pieces from \"The Scholar's \u003cbr\u003eEstate Collection.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ MARKS \u0026amp; DATING ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe base is marked with three distinct identifiers:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \"八風焼\" (Happu-yaki) — the kiln\/studio name, meaning \"Eight Winds \u003cbr\u003e  Kiln\"\u003cbr\u003e- \"喜山\" (Kizan) — the artist's signature seal\u003cbr\u003e- Original yellow-and-green \"JAPAN\" foil export sticker — fully intact\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe standalone \"JAPAN\" export label (rather than \"Made in Japan\") \u003cbr\u003edates this piece to the post-1952 export era, with the foil sticker \u003cbr\u003estyle most commonly associated with the 1960s–1970s Showa period. \u003cbr\u003eThe hand-thrown construction, hakeme brushwork, and iron-glaze \u003cbr\u003edecoration are all consistent with Mino-region studio pottery \u003cbr\u003etraditions of that era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ DESIGN \u0026amp; CRAFTSMANSHIP ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- HAND-THROWN: Visible wheel-throwing rings throughout the body — \u003cbr\u003e  this is genuine studio pottery, not slip-cast production work\u003cbr\u003e- HAKEME GROUND (刷毛目): White slip applied with a coarse brush, \u003cbr\u003e  leaving rhythmic textural strokes that catch and reflect light\u003cbr\u003e- IRON-OXIDE FLORAL DECORATION: Hand-painted floral sprays — \u003cbr\u003e  stylized blossoms and leaves in rust-brown and dark iron pigments, \u003cbr\u003e  applied with confident gestural brushwork\u003cbr\u003e- FLARED MOUTH: Sculpturally pinched and flared spout — characteristic \u003cbr\u003e  of Japanese sake bottle (tokkuri) heritage adapted to vase form\u003cbr\u003e- CRACKLE GLAZE: Fine network of crackle (kannyu) develops naturally \u003cbr\u003e  in the clear overglaze\u003cbr\u003e- UNGLAZED FOOT: Exposed stoneware foot ring shows the natural buff \u003cbr\u003e  clay body, a hallmark of authentic studio ware\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ DIMENSIONS ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Height: approximately 12\" (30.5 cm)\u003cbr\u003e- Body width: approximately 4\" (10 cm) at widest\u003cbr\u003e- Foot diameter: approximately 3\" (7.5 cm)\u003cbr\u003e- Mouth opening: approximately 1\" (2.5 cm) interior\u003cbr\u003e- Weight: approximately 2 lb 7 oz (1.1 kg)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ CONDITION ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcellent vintage condition with beautiful aging:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- No chips, cracks, or repairs\u003cbr\u003e- Original \"JAPAN\" foil sticker remarkably intact (often the first \u003cbr\u003e  thing to be removed or worn off — its preservation is a rare detail)\u003cbr\u003e- Natural fine crackle pattern in the glaze (kannyu) consistent with \u003cbr\u003e  age — this is desirable in Japanese studio ware, not damage\u003cbr\u003e- Some light age-toning to the unglazed foot rim\u003cbr\u003e- Painted decoration crisp and well-preserved\u003cbr\u003e- From a smoke-free home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lovely well-preserved example of mid-century Japanese studio \u003cbr\u003epottery, ready to be used as an ikebana vessel, decorative vase, or \u003cbr\u003ecollected as a signed piece of Showa-era studio ceramics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ ABOUT HAKEME \u0026amp; MINO-STYLE POTTERY ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHakeme (刷毛目, \"brush marks\") is one of the most beloved Japanese \u003cbr\u003eslip-decoration techniques, originating in 16th-century Korean \u003cbr\u003ebuncheong ware and adopted into Japanese studio pottery through the \u003cbr\u003etea ceremony tradition. The technique creates a textured, painterly \u003cbr\u003esurface that has been prized for centuries by tea masters and \u003cbr\u003eikebana practitioners for its quiet, rustic beauty (wabi-sabi \u003cbr\u003eaesthetic).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombined with iron-oxide underglaze brushwork — another technique \u003cbr\u003einherited from the Momoyama-era Mino kilns — this vase represents a \u003cbr\u003edirect continuation of one of Japan's most refined ceramic \u003cbr\u003etraditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ PERFECT FOR ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Ikebana \/ Japanese flower arranging\u003cbr\u003e- Single-stem display (cherry blossom, plum branch, eucalyptus)\u003cbr\u003e- Wabi-sabi and Japandi interior styling\u003cbr\u003e- Tea ceremony adjacent décor\u003cbr\u003e- Vintage Japanese studio pottery collectors\u003cbr\u003e- Mid-century modern + Asian fusion homes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ SHIPPING \u0026amp; HANDLING ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and packed in a sturdy box with \u003cbr\u003e  ample cushioning\u003cbr\u003e- Shipped via USPS Priority Mail with tracking and insurance\u003cbr\u003e- Processing time: 3–5 business days\u003cbr\u003e- International shipping available — please contact for a quote\u003cbr\u003e- Sold as-is from a smoke-free home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ FROM THE SAME ESTATE ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther pieces from this scholar's estate are available in our shop, \u003cbr\u003eincluding a pair of vintage Japanese Kamakura-bori carved wood \u003cbr\u003eplaques signed by Harada Sōzan, a 1915 Frank Brangwyn WWI poster, \u003cbr\u003eand a vintage MM Kane beaded evening clutch. 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