TO VIEW LARGER Click on a photograph.
Japanese-made pottery
The title is Hakuhoyu Koro (白鳳釉香炉).
This is an insence burner created by Takemura Shigeo.
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.