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WASHIZOME UMEMON CHAKI (Teapot & Teacups with Plums design) Arita ware
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Ceramic Feature
Washizome Umemon Chaki (和紙染梅文茶器)
This is an Arita ware tea cup which Hidezumi-san has created.
He attached pieces of traditional papers to the body and expressed the plums pattern.
This is a set of one teapot and two cups (Teapot 1 pc, Teacup 2 pcs).
Washizome technique :
Tearing absorbent paper called washi to pieces.
Making such papers layers to produce the pattern while giving out color gradation.
Size
Teapot :
Height : 9 cm
Diameter : 14.7 cm
Diameter : 17.3 cm
Teacup :
Height : 5.8 cm
Diameter : 7.2 cm
Artist Introduction
NAKAO, Hidezumi
(Arita artist)
He cuts water-absorbent Japanse washi paper to the proper size, place the paper on the bisque ware, and soak it with cobalt blue colour. Please enjoy the elegant overlapping patterns.
- Price:
- ￥33,000 JPY
