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Beni Shino Chawan (紅志野茶碗)
This is a Mino ware tea bowl which Sakai-san has created.
The characteristic of low footring.
Original coloring, pink has been produced through experiments of countless time.
Kairagi (梅皮花)
Pattern -
Cracks like shark's skin like the picture above.
It has occured to shrinkage of glaze after being fired in a kiln.
It's also called kannyu in Japanese.
That's anything but broken, certailny available.
Sakai-san wants users to see the tension that the pattern brings.
Height : 9.5 cm
Diameter : 12.0 cm
Sakai-san has learned ceramic a lot under Kato Kozo who is the living national treasure, setoguro. He creates a new type of Shino-yaki in his own individuality.