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Kokusai Hanaire (黒彩花入)
This is the Hagi ware crafted by OKADA, Yasushi (岡田泰).
Irons and coppers are mixed by many kinds of metallic oxide and he put ashes glaze after he painted them on the body.
Seeing from the top, it is curved between mouth and shoulder and becomes linear shape from shoulder to bottom.
The vase has a metallic color and has sharp design engraved by lines vertically.
Height : 21.5 cm
Width : 13.5 cm
OKADA majored in sculpture at the Tokyo Zokei University. He grow up in the traditional Hagi pottery, so it's natural to make Hagi ware.