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Kawai Kanjiro Japanese
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A member of the influential folk art (mingei) movement in Japan, Kawai traveled with Hamada Shōji throughout Korea in 1936–37 collecting ceramics for the Japan Folk Art Museum.
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日本 河井寛次郎 (1890–1966) 花扁壷 (20世紀半ば頃)
Title: Square Bottle with Abstract Design
Artist:
Kawai Kanjiro (Japanese, 1890–1966)
Period: Shōwa period (1926–89)
Date: mid-20th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Stoneware with colored glaze and trailed slip
Dimensions: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm); W. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Seymour Fund, 1978
Object Number: 1978.49.1
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