TO VIEW LARGER Click on a photograph.
Hakuhoyu Koro (白鳳釉香炉)
This is a Kyoto ware incense burner which Takemura-san has created.
The bunches of grapevines were burned and they turned into ash.
It has been shrinked in the kiln and become beautiful scene.
A bird gets a seat on the lid.
Height : 14 cm
Width : 14 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.