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Shigaraki Hanaire (信楽花入)
This is a Shigaraki ware vase which Arakawa-san has created.
Firing in a cave kiln.
He made the shape by throwing on the potter's wheel.
The shape is flat oerall and the combination between flowing ashes and burnt patterns is fantasitic.
Height : 21.0 cm
Width : 21.0 cm
Diameter : 10.0 cm
Arakawa-san lives in Shigaraki-cho, Shiga prefecture to make his unique ceramics. A modern adaptation from unglazed high-fired pottery in Shigaraki ware.