Celadon Bath
by Sarah Brayer
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Sarah Brayer
$2,000–$8,000. Smaller works: $2,000–$3,500. Key value factors: Brayer's unique luminous technique on handmade washi appeals to collectors of both Japanese prints and contemporary art.
Celadon, the pale green glaze prized in East Asian ceramics, provides both the color key and the cultural reference point for this mokuhanga print. Brayer transposes the cool, jade-toned translucency of celadon pottery into the context of a bath scene, merging two Japanese aesthetic traditions: the appreciation of fine ceramics and the contemplative culture of bathing. The print likely features soft green-blue tones that recall the way celadon glazes pool in the recesses of a vessel, creating variations of depth and saturation. Water, steam, and glazed ceramic share a visual kinship in their translucency, and Brayer exploits this overlap through the mokuhanga technique, where wet pigment on wet paper produces effects that mimic the fluid depth of celadon glaze.
Celadon Bath was created by Sarah Brayer in Not set.
Celadon Bath depicts interiors and abstract.
