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WASHIZOME SAKURAMON YOHAI (Cup with Cherry Petals design B) Arita ware
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Ceramic Feature
Washizome Sakuramon Yohai (和紙染桜文洋杯)
This is an Arita ware cup which Hidezumi-san has created.
He soaked traditional papers into blue paint called gosu, and expressed the cherry petals pattern.
"Sakura" is one of the flowers that represent Japan, so it's great as a gift in all seasons.
Washizome technique :
Tearing absorbent paper called washi to pieces.
Making such papers layers to produce the pattern while giving out color gradation.
Size
Height : 14.4 cm
Diameter : 6.7 cm
Artist Introduction
NAKAO, Hidezumi
(Arita artist)
He cuts water-absorbent Japanese washi to the proper size, places the paper on unglazed pottery, and soaks it with cobalt blue color. The works affect us with a soft impression.
- Price:
- ￥13,200 JPY
