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Seihakuji Mentori Sen-bori Tsubo (青白磁面取線彫壺)

This is an Arita ware jar which Jun-san has created.
He made the jar on a potter’s wheel.
Shaving the surface had the sides faceted.
And he added the engraved lines design.
The gradation of color is beautiful because blue and white porcelain glaze accumulated in the carved part.

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.