{"product_id":"exceedingly-rare-lnt-kinrande-porcelain-vase-ー𠮷田-美統-釉裏金彩葉唐章文-花瓶","title":"Exceedingly Rare LNT Kinrande Porcelain Vase ー𠮷田 美統 “釉裏金彩葉唐章文 花瓶”","description":"\u003cp\u003eA seminal work by Living National Treasure Yoshita Minori enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Yurikinsai Yo Karakusa-mon Kabin. Unlike conventional Kutani kinrande, in which gold decoration is applied over the glaze, yūri-kinsai places extremely thin pieces of gold leaf—and sometimes gold pigment—onto the already fired ceramic surface and then covers them with a transparent low-temperature glaze before firing again. The gold consequently appears beneath the glaze. This protects it physically but, more importantly aesthetically, gives the gold a softer and more atmospheric luminosity than exposed gilding. Here he has covered the entire surface3 with small dots of gold, over which scroll leafy golden vines burgeoning with silver berries. This all under a transparent yellow glaze. A masterpiece by this important artist. It is 27 cm (10-1\/2 inches) diameter, roughly the same height and in perfect condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYoshita Minori was born in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, in 1932 into the family of Kinzan Kiln, a Kutani workshop renowned for its traditional red-and-gold aka-e kinrande decoration. Born Yoshita Minoru, he began studying ceramics while still in high school and succeeded to the family kiln as its third-generation head in 1951. Building upon generations of experience with gold decoration, Yoshita devoted himself to the demanding technique of yūri-kinsai, in which exceptionally thin pieces of gold leaf are applied to the surface of a vessel before being covered with a transparent glaze and fired, suspending the decoration beneath the softly luminous surface. Through the use of gold leaf of differing thicknesses and richly colored grounds, he developed the technique into a remarkably subtle pictorial language, often depicting flowers and grasses in elegant, almost weightless compositions. Yoshita first exhibited at the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition in 1974 and went on to receive numerous honors, including the Prince Takamatsu Memorial Prize in 1992 and the Japan Ceramic Society Award in 1995. In 2001 he was designated a Living National Treasure as holder of the Important Intangible Cultural Property Yūri-kinsai and was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon; in 2006 he received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette. His work represents both a continuation of the great Kutani tradition of gold decoration and its transformation into a distinctly modern ceramic art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yoshita Minori","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51326033494263,"sku":"MC1790","price":442400.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/7472\/3063\/files\/2026-09-1012.17.36.jpg?v=1792116937","url":"https:\/\/kuramonzen.com\/products\/exceedingly-rare-lnt-kinrande-porcelain-vase-%e3%83%bc%f0%a0%ae%b7%e7%94%b0-%e7%be%8e%e7%b5%b1-%e9%87%89%e8%a3%8f%e9%87%91%e5%bd%a9%e8%91%89%e5%94%90%e7%ab%a0%e6%96%87-%e8%8a%b1%e7%93%b6","provider":"Kura Monzen Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}