桂山 - Keizan σφαιρικό βάζο λουλουδιών — 紫釉 - Πορφυρό ποικιλόχρωμο σμάλτο - Κεραμικό - Ιαπωνία - 21ος αιώνας

Item Description
桂山 Keizan — Spherical Flower Vase with Purple-Mist Variegated Glaze

This quietly captivating spherical flower vase is a work bearing the seal Keizan (桂山) — a studio name with roots in the distinguished Mino-yaki (美濃焼) ceramic tradition of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, one of the country's most historically important and technically accomplished ceramic regions.
The piece is a study in understated mastery: a perfectly resolved form, a rare and atmospheric glaze, and a level of throwing skill that announces itself only gradually, through close observation.
The body is a pure, fully resolved sphere — taut and even from every angle — that abruptly gathers into a short cylindrical neck terminating in a beautifully profiled, outward-flaring disc rim.
This detail at the mouth is particularly fine: the rim is thin, precisely leveled, and glazed in deep purple-black, providing a crisp visual counterpoint to the mottled body.
The transition from sphere to neck is minimal and precise. The foot ring is unglazed, exposing a warm, sandy-buff stoneware body with visible grog inclusions — honest, direct craft.
The glaze is the great distinction of this piece. The entire outer surface is covered in a murasaki (紫 — purple)-toned variegated glaze that shifts moment to moment with the light and angle of viewing.
At its lightest zones, the glaze is a soft, chalky lavender-white — almost like morning mist clinging to cold stone.
Moving toward the lower register, it deepens into dense, soot-dark purple-grey, before giving way at the equator to a complex, streaked band where the two tones overlap and interweave in vertical rivulets, like rain on a window.
The texture throughout is softly matte: no glass-like reflection, just a quiet, mineral presence that rewards patience and close looking.
The mark Keizan (桂山) is impressed into the side of the foot ring.
A piece of genuine quality whose appeal will deepen over time.

Size
Height: 12.4 cm
Body diameter: 11.6 cm
Mouth diameter (outside): 3.5 cm

Weight
400 g

Condition
Good overall condition. The glaze is intact and undamaged throughout.
No chips, cracks or repairs. Please refer to the photographs for full detail.
The box is not included.

About the Keizan Tradition

Keizan (桂山) is a studio name associated with the Keizan-gama (桂山窯) kiln of Toki City, Gifu Prefecture — a kiln with over 100 years of continuous history in the Mino-yaki tradition, founded by master potter Wada Keijiro (和田桂次郎) in the Meiji period. Mino-yaki (美濃焼) is one of Japan's most celebrated ceramic traditions, with roots stretching back over 1,300 years. During the Azuchi-Momoyama period (16th century), under the patronage of Oda Nobunaga and the flourishing of the tea ceremony, Mino produced some of Japan's most iconic ceramic styles: Shino, Oribe, Ki-Seto and Kuro-Seto — wares that continue to define the aesthetic vocabulary of Japanese ceramics today. Keizan-gama has maintained this tradition of technically accomplished, quietly refined craft across four generations of the Wada family.

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