SEIHAKUJI FREECUP (Bluish-white Porcelain Cup A) Kyoto ware

  • SEIHAKUJI FREECUP (Bluish-white Porcelain Cup A) Kyoto ware
  • SEIHAKUJI FREECUP (Bluish-white Porcelain Cup A) Kyoto ware
  • SEIHAKUJI FREECUP (Bluish-white Porcelain Cup A) Kyoto ware
  • SEIHAKUJI FREECUP (Bluish-white Porcelain Cup A) Kyoto ware
  • SEIHAKUJI FREECUP (Bluish-white Porcelain Cup A) Kyoto ware
  • SEIHAKUJI FREECUP (Bluish-white Porcelain Cup A) Kyoto ware
  • SEIHAKUJI FREECUP (Bluish-white Porcelain Cup A) Kyoto ware
  • SEIHAKUJI FREECUP (Bluish-white Porcelain Cup A) Kyoto ware
  • SEIHAKUJI FREECUP (Bluish-white Porcelain Cup A) Kyoto ware

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Ceramic Feature

Seihakuji Freecup (青白磁フリーカップ)

This is a Kyoto ware cup which Higuchi-san has created.
Potter's wheel throwing to shape.
Firing in the electric kiln.
It seems like refreshed because there is contrast between white and blue.
Available for dishwasher, dryer and microwave oven.

Seihakuji (青白磁)
It's one kind of hakuji, there's the pale blue-green color caused by subtle amount of iron.
The transparent color that blends into nature is really impressive on the whole.
It's all started with baked works in China.
The glaze containing iron turns to light blue by reduction firing.

Size

Height : 9.8 cm
Diameter : 12.8 cm

Artist Introduction

HIGUCHI, Kuniharu

HIGUCHI, Kuniharu
(Kyoto artist)

He has learned pottery in Kyoto, then moved to Nara prefecture. A series of choryu with the scene that reminds us design of the swirling current in the Naruto Strait.

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Price:
¥11,000 JPY