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YOKOYU KAKI (Flower Vase with Sunflower-ash glaze I) Kyoto ware
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Ceramic Feature
Yokoyu Kaki (陽向釉花器)
This is the Kyoto ware crafted by TAKEMURA, Shigeo (竹村繁男).
He made the shape by throwing on the potter's wheel.
A unique glaze is used as decoration, its ingredients contain ash of sunflower which he grew.
And it has turned to yellow color with painstaking work because it is required for exquisite temperature control.
Size
Height : 24.5 cm
Width : 15 cm
Artist Introduction
TAKEMURA, Shigeo
(Kyoto artist)
He burns various plants and picks up as glaze to bring out quality of ash. It’s interesting that color varies depending on settings or temperature, even though same glaze is used.
- Price:
- ￥88,000 JPY
