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Somenishiki Sansui Tsubo (染錦山水壷)
This is an Arita ware jar which Ryuzumi-san has created.
Somenishiki is a combination of underglaze blue decoration (sometsuke) and (akae).
And it's also called overglaze painting (uwae) because the picture is painted on top of the glaze.
Ryuzumi-san uses in underglaze scarlet on the work.
Height : 26 cm
Diameter : 14.5 cm
He is getting closer to master the essence of sometsuke. The Japanese auspicious pattern painted on the whole surface may make you feel impressive.