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Shojohi Senmonki (猩々緋線紋器)
This is the Kyoto ware crafted by YAMADA, Akira.
This is his unique red vessel called Shojohi.
He painted colored engobe and overglaze enamel included gold was decorated.
It is the abstract pattern drawn red and black alternately.
He aspires to express material's transparency and strength.
He got idea from ancient Chinese colored pottery.
Height : 33 cm
Diameter : 32 cm
Diameter : 27 cm
YAMADA lives in Oginosato near Lake BIWA and can focus on working hard. He tackles tensed form with imaginative conception.