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Seihakuji Mentori Sen-bori Guinomi (青白磁面取線彫ぐい呑斜め)

This is an Arita ware cup which Jun-san has created.
He made the cup on a potter’s wheel.
Shaving the surface had the sides faceted after dry.
And he added the engraved thin lines design.
The shadow looks quaint because blue and white porcelain glaze accumulated in the carved part.
That's something you can enjoy looking at it.

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.