Description
This round bonsai pot by the renowned Tosui kiln showcases the delicate artistry of Japanese ceramic painting. The pot features a white glaze that serves as a perfect canvas for the intricate hand-painted scene depicting workers in a village setting by a lake. The imagery is rendered in soft blues and greens, framed by a distinct green accent band along the rim and base. The detailed brushwork brings the miniature landscape to life, making this pot not just a container, but a standalone piece of art.
Ideally suited for Shohin or Mame bonsai, this pot would pair magnificently with a flowering species such as a Satsuki Azalea, where the white and green tones would complement the blooms. It is also an excellent choice for a deciduous tree like a Trident Maple or Zelkova, particularly during the fall when the foliage turns red or orange, creating a striking contrast against the painted landscape.
- Outer dimensions: 8 x 8 x 3.5 cm
- Inner dimensions: 6.5 x 6.5 x 3 cm
- Origin:Japan
- Potter/Kiln: Tosui
- Condition: Excellent
About the kiln:
The pot’s creator, Tōsui (Tsugao Mizuno), is the current generation of Tōsui, a lineage that has produced many masterpieces from the pre-war to the post-war period. The earlier Tōsui pots were mostly glazed, with paintings by Asai Chazan (Shinano Chazan). Tsugao Mizuno studied ceramic painting under Chazan and trained in pot-making under his father, Ryokujian Tōsui. As an artist who inherited both Tōsui’s pot-making techniques and Chazan’s painting style, he introduced Tōsui painted pots to the world. His distinctive paintings, rich in character, feature landscapes, figures, and birds and flowers based on the Southern School of Chinese painting, as well as series like The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō, Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, Four Seasons Landscapes, as well as various pots for bonsai, colored pots, and medium-sized pots, showcasing his versatile talent and prolific output. Due to the limited production of Tōsui painted pots, their popularity has been increasing in recent years.
