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A pair of Japanese inscribed Tokkuri by Otagaki Rengetsu…
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6-Mar-2023
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A pair of Japanese inscribed Tokkuri by Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875), Meiji period (1868-1912), dated 1871, each of bottle form in glazed, pinch-potted Kyoyaki clay, inscribed with waka poetry reading 'Sasu sao mo, nageyari bushi ni, utau nari, tsuki ni utsururu, amo no tsuri bune. Rengetsu. Hachijyu-ichi sai' (called by the beautiful moon, I launch my boat and singing out of tune, set out a fishing line. Rengetsu, age 81). Together with its tomobako (original signed Japanese wooden box) inscribed 'Fujimi shi no konomi ni kisuru' (on Mr Fujimi's request), and with certification by Tokuda Koen. Double boxed, with original invoice and certificate of authenticity from Bachmann Eckenstein, the larger 16 cm high, 10 cm diameter. Provenance: Private Collection, Kyoto, Bachmann Eckenstein Japanese Art, Basel, Switzerland, 2009. Inv. No. 1313. Private Collection, Melbourne, Exhibitions: black robe white Mist: Art of the Japanese Buddhist nun Rengetsu, National Gallery of Australia, 8 Sep 2007 - 27 Jan 2008, Literature: 'Black robe white Mist: Art of the Japanese Buddhist nun Rengetsu', National Gallery of Australia exhibition catalogue, Melanie Eastburn, Lucie Folan, Robyn Maxwell (ed.), 2007, no.96, ill. P.78. Other Notes: Tokuda Koen (b.1935) was the head priest of Jinko-in temple (a Shingon Buddhist temple in Kyoto), and the main authenticator of Rengetsu's works in modern times,
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