BENIZOME-HORIHANAIKE "HONO" (Flower Vase with Red Tint & carved design "Flame") Arita ware

  • BENIZOME-HORIHANAIKE "HONO" (Flower Vase with Red Tint & carved design "Flame") Arita ware
  • BENIZOME-HORIHANAIKE "HONO" (Flower Vase with Red Tint & carved design "Flame") Arita ware
  • BENIZOME-HORIHANAIKE "HONO" (Flower Vase with Red Tint & carved design "Flame") Arita ware
  • BENIZOME-HORIHANAIKE "HONO" (Flower Vase with Red Tint & carved design "Flame") Arita ware
  • BENIZOME-HORIHANAIKE "HONO" (Flower Vase with Red Tint & carved design "Flame") Arita ware
  • BENIZOME-HORIHANAIKE "HONO" (Flower Vase with Red Tint & carved design "Flame") Arita ware
  • BENIZOME-HORIHANAIKE "HONO" (Flower Vase with Red Tint & carved design "Flame") Arita ware
  • BENIZOME-HORIHANAIKE "HONO" (Flower Vase with Red Tint & carved design "Flame") Arita ware
  • BENIZOME-HORIHANAIKE "HONO" (Flower Vase with Red Tint & carved design "Flame") Arita ware

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Ceramic Feature

Benizome Hohir Hanaike Honoo (紅染彫花生 「焔」)

This is an Arita ware vase which Shomura-san has created.
The flame of passion may convey us from its appearance.
It's a relatively tall flower vase, a wide range of flowers can be arranged.
If you want to see it in detail, please contact us.

Benizome (紅染)
One baseball player asked Shomura-san for production of a retirement gift,
then he tried to make the original color that intensely suits the meaning of regeneration.
He finally accomplished the "benizome" dyeing.
Fantastic hue has comes out with glazes which is melted together.

Akae-machi (赤絵町)
There is the district called Akae-machi along the street passing through Arita-cho.
Here, manual industry business specialized in overglaze were gathered in the Edo era.
So many overglaze enamel porcelains have been long making.
The Bankogamashoken kiln was established in 1884, and had named from the first potter's Kenkichi.
It stands near the Kakiemon-gama which is one of the most well-known pottery in Japan.

Size

Height : 31.3 cm
Diameter : 15.5 cm

Artist Introduction

SHOMURA, Ken

SHOMURA, Ken
(Arita artist)

Shomura-san is awarded the Medal with Yellow Ribbon for dedication to the pottery industry. He has a skilled dyeing technique based on the Arita ware craftsmanship.

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Price:
¥270,000 JPY