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Seihakuji Freecup (青白磁フリーカップ)
This is a Kyoto ware cup which Higuchi-san has created.
He made the shape with throwing the potter's wheel. Firing in the electric kiln.
Very simple form, the cup can be used for various purposes.
Available for dishwasher, dryer and microwave oven.
Seihakuji (青白磁)
It's one kind of hakuji, there's the pale blue-green color caused by subtle amount of iron.
The transparent color that blends into nature is really impressive on the whole.
It's all started with baked works in China.
The glaze containing iron turns to light blue by reduction firing.
Height : 8 cm
Diameter : 11.5 cm
He has learned pottery in Kyoto, then moved to Nara prefecture. A series of choryu with the scene that reminds us design of the swirling current in the Naruto Strait.