Murata Konosuke Rokusai Kiln — Sometsuke Landscape Hachi, Scholar Figures on Horseback, Tomobako

A sometsuke landscape bowl of rare compositional density — scholars on horseback move through pine groves and mountain mist in a continuous narrative that encircles the entire vessel, Murata Konosuke, Rokusai kiln, sometsuke sansui landscape bowl, hachi serving bowl, cobalt landscape pottery, signed tomobako included.

[ BASIC DETAILS ]
• Type: Sometsuke sansui-bun hachi (landscape decorated serving bowl)
• Decoration: Continuous mountain landscape with horsemen, pine trees, misty peaks, and pavilions; geometric diamond-pattern border at rim; classical base fret
• Artist: Murata Konosuke (村田幸之助), Rokusai Kiln (六齋窯)
• Dimensions: W 18.2 cm × H 9.5 cm
• Condition: New, unused (新品未使用)
• Provenance: Signed tomobako

[ CULTURAL INSIGHT ]
The sansui (mountain-water) landscape as painted subject in East Asian ceramics descends from Chinese literati painting — the scholar retreating from the court into mountains, accompanied by attendants and horses. This iconography, transmitted through Japanese ceramics of the Meiji and Taisho eras, carries a specific meaning: the world of the cultivated mind exists beyond political obligation, in the company of nature and good conversation. Murata Konosuke sets this narrative in motion around the bowl's entire circumference, refusing the static vignette in favor of continuous movement.

[ DEEP DIVE ]
The technical execution here is distinguished. Two separate decorative registers are maintained simultaneously: the main landscape band at mid-body and an interior rim band of diamond-lattice (kikko-mon), with a foot-level classical fret in matching cobalt. The blue is applied in graduated washes — thin atmospheric mist over the mountain peaks, denser strokes for pine trunks and architectural lines. The high-fired porcelain body shows no warping at this relatively large dimension (18.2 cm). The foot shows "Rokusai Kiln" in Murata's hand. New and unused, this bowl arrives in the same state it left the kiln — a complete object, sealed in its original significance.

【 日本語説明 】
【基本情報】 山水染付文鉢。六齋窯・村田幸之助作。幅18.2cm、高さ9.5cm。新品未使用。共箱付き。
【文化的背景】 山水図は東アジア文人画の伝統を受け継ぐ画題。山・松・騎馬人物・亭を一続きに描いた構成は、器全体をひとつの「世界」として完結させる。
【作品の深み】 中央の山水帯、口縁内側の菱形幾何学紋、高台脇の雷紋という三層の装飾を同時に展開。濃淡の呉須で大気感のある遠景を表現。高台に窯銘入り。未使用品。

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• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials