# Kanjiro Kawai - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T04:38:43.781Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 9
- Lots with prices: 7
- First auction date: 2003-11-11
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-10
- Median realised price: $2,271
- Price range: $600 to $120,000

## Market Takeaway
Kanjiro Kawai has 9 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,271. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($2,271\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($850 to $120,000\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 42.9% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 28.6% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 28.6% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $120,000
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-10
- Days since latest sale: 141
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions: 2 lots
- California Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Mallet Auction: 1 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 1 lots
- Venduehuis der Notarissen: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-10 | Kanjiro Kawai \(1890\-1966\), a flat stoneware vase in wooden case | Venduehuis der Notarissen | N/A
2. 2025-07-17 | Cinnabar\-glazed small bowl with plum blossom design | Mallet Auction | ¥120,000
3. 2023-07-25 | KANJIRO KAWAI \(1890–1966\) Vaseglazed earthenware, with 'Made in Japan' stickerheight 8 3/4in \(22.2cm\); width 7 1/2in \(19cm\); depth 5 3/4in \(14.5cm\) | Bonhams | $850
4. 2023-03-04 | BOWL | New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions | ¥120,000
5. 2021-03-28 | Kanjiro Kawai \(1890\-1966\) Stoneware wall vase | California Auctioneers | $600
6. 2013-06-19 | Kanjiro Kawai \(1890\-1966\) | Bonhams | £937
7. 2008-10-11 | ARTIST: Kanjiro Kawai / Shiko MUnakataTITLE: A | New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-artist-kanjiro-kawai-shiko-munakatatitle-a-55-c-cxdhszzudd
8. 2005-04-02 | KANJIRO KAWAI \(Japanese, 1890\-1966\) Glazed stoneware slab\-molded sculptural vase with sand\-textured body, and underglaze abstract decoration in | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $9,500
9. 2003-11-11 | Kanjiro Kawai | Bonhams | £2,271

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