Lot 1273: Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959) A Shino-style dish Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1950

Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959)
A Shino-style dishShowa era (1926-1989), circa 1950The circular stoneware dish decorated with autumn grasses in underglaze iron, covered in a creamy feldspathic glaze, signed on the underside in katakana, RoWith a wood tomobako storage box inscribed E-Shino hirazara ichi (One decorated E-Shino flat dish), signed Rosanjin and sealed Mukyo 7 3/8in (18.7cm) diameter
ProvenanceSidney CardozoPreviously sold, Christie's, New York, October 15, 2001, lot 96PublishedKozo Yoshida and Elise Grilli, The Ceramic Art of Kitaoji Rosanjin: Three American Collections, Kyoto, Benrido, 1964, no. 36.ExhibitedNevada Museum of Art, Reno, "Subtle Beauty: Modern Japanese Ceramics from the Collection of Joel Barish," March-April, 2008.