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Sotenyu Sakazuki (蒼天釉盃)
This is a Kyoto ware cup which Takemura-san has created.
Sotenyu is the glaze made from the ash of loquat which he grew.
The blue decoration is the color that comes from the ingredients loquat has.
Height : 3.7 cm
Width : 8.9 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.