Glazed ceramic. Japan, 19th cent.
Raku ware is famous for its deliberate irregularly designed forms. This deep chawan (tea cup) is ribbed and shows over earth-red color a fine, transparent whiteish overglaze with flowing pattern and light drop formation. Further one area with black-grey, cloudy hue. In deep relief, a gnarled, blossoming plum branch is depicted. The unglazed foot zone displays a deep imprinted mark Raku 樂. The script character means on its own joy, fortune and in reading gaku music.
HEIGHT 7,4 CM, DM 11,5 CM
From the collection of Jürgen L. Fischer, Ascona, Switzerland
Jürgen L. Fischer was one of the major European collectors of Chinese art. The extensive size of the collection largely owes to the family’s fortune from the invention of the world-famous “Uhu Alleskleber ” in 1932 (the first synthetic resin glue world-wide) by grandfather August Fischer. Jürgen L. Fischer, who lived until 2013, was an avid collector of Chinese porcelain in an astonishing wide variety, in every size and from every time period. Jürgen Fischer passed on his comprehensive knowledge in numerous specialist books – among others, his large and very instructive book about the art of Chinese snuffbottles and also an antiquarian’s guide to Chinese art.