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Aiiro Shino Ichirinzashi (藍色志野一輪差し)

This is a Mino ware vase which Sakai-san has created.

Its height is about 29 centimeters.
The vase is also good for decoration in the room.
If you want to see details, please contact us.

Aiiro Shino (藍色志野)
The technique called nezumi-shino.
It's one kind of Mino-yaki.
He got a hint from that.
Applying cobalt-blue slip between glaze and clay.
It reaches to a gentle and elegant pattern.

Kairagi (梅皮花)
Pattern -
Cracks like shark's skin like the picture above.
It has occured to shrinkage of glaze after being fired in a kiln.
It's also called kannyu in Japanese.
That's anything but broken, certailny available.
Sakai-san wants users to see the tension that the pattern brings.