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Japanese-made pottery
The title is Kohanyu Tokkuri (紅斑釉徳利).
This is a sake bottle created by Takemura Shigeo.
The decoration is done with the glaze containing ash of grapevine he grew.
The spotted light pink color comes out.
Height : 11 cm
Width : 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.