YOKOYU MIZUSASHI (Fresh-water Jar with Sunflower ash glaze) Kyoto ware

  • YOKOYU MIZUSASHI (Fresh-water Jar with Sunflower ash glaze) Kyoto ware
  • YOKOYU MIZUSASHI (Fresh-water Jar with Sunflower ash glaze) Kyoto ware
  • YOKOYU MIZUSASHI (Fresh-water Jar with Sunflower ash glaze) Kyoto ware
  • YOKOYU MIZUSASHI (Fresh-water Jar with Sunflower ash glaze) Kyoto ware
  • YOKOYU MIZUSASHI (Fresh-water Jar with Sunflower ash glaze) Kyoto ware
  • YOKOYU MIZUSASHI (Fresh-water Jar with Sunflower ash glaze) Kyoto ware
  • YOKOYU MIZUSASHI (Fresh-water Jar with Sunflower ash glaze) Kyoto ware
  • YOKOYU MIZUSASHI (Fresh-water Jar with Sunflower ash glaze) Kyoto ware
  • YOKOYU MIZUSASHI (Fresh-water Jar with Sunflower ash glaze) Kyoto ware

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Ceramic Feature

Yokoyu Mizusashi (陽向釉水指)

This is the Kyoto ware crafted by TAKEMURA, Shgieo (竹村繁男).
He made the shape by throwing on the potter's wheel and made hexagonal bottom.
It is mizusashi container for fresh-water in Japanese tea ceremony.
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 : 18 cm
Width : 18 cm

Artist Introduction

TAKEMURA, Shigeo

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.

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Price:
￥154,000 JPY
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