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Japanese-made pottery
The title is Hakuhoyu Tori Koro (白鳳釉鳥香炉).
This is an insence burner created by Takemura Shigeo.
It is koro incense burner in Japanese tea ceremony.
A unique glaze is used and that contains ash of grapevine which he grew.
The body was melted naturally as it was cracked due to glaze composition.
Height : 11 cm
Width : 11.5 cm
Takemura-san is a ceramicist who engages in creative activities in Yamashina-ku, Kyoto prefecture. It’s interesting that color changes depending on settings, temperature and a part of plants, though same glaze is used.