SOMETSUKE IROKOMON KABIN (Flower Vase with small repeated patterns in underglaze colors B) Arita ware

  • SOMETSUKE IROKOMON KABIN (Flower Vase with small repeated patterns in underglaze colors B) Arita ware
  • SOMETSUKE IROKOMON KABIN (Flower Vase with small repeated patterns in underglaze colors B) Arita ware
  • SOMETSUKE IROKOMON KABIN (Flower Vase with small repeated patterns in underglaze colors B) Arita ware
  • SOMETSUKE IROKOMON KABIN (Flower Vase with small repeated patterns in underglaze colors B) Arita ware
  • SOMETSUKE IROKOMON KABIN (Flower Vase with small repeated patterns in underglaze colors B) Arita ware
  • SOMETSUKE IROKOMON KABIN (Flower Vase with small repeated patterns in underglaze colors B) Arita ware
  • SOMETSUKE IROKOMON KABIN (Flower Vase with small repeated patterns in underglaze colors B) Arita ware
  • SOMETSUKE IROKOMON KABIN (Flower Vase with small repeated patterns in underglaze colors B) Arita ware
  • SOMETSUKE IROKOMON KABIN (Flower Vase with small repeated patterns in underglaze colors B) Arita ware

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Ceramic Feature

Sometsuke Irokomon Kabin (染付色小紋花瓶)

This is an Arita ware vase which Ryuzumi-san has created.
There are countless numbers of colored dots on the surface of body.
That's made with a collection of points, and decoration is added to paint with the colors.

Sometsuke (染付)
- A pottery with blue pictures and patterns on a white background-

It refers to the skill of blue-painting on a unglazed ceramic.
Patterns are painted with a "gosu" containing cobalt oxide that turns blue color.
And it's baked after being glazed on top of it.

Sometsuke has been made from the early days of Arita ware in 1610s.
At first it was influenced the Chinese pottery, there's a pile of efforts by potters and
today's sometsuke has one kind of exquisite beauty even in its simplicity.

Size

Height : 31 cm
Diameter : 20 cm

Artist Introduction

NAKAO, Ryuzumi

NAKAO, Ryuzumi

He is getting closer to master the essence of sometsuke. The Japanese auspicious pattern painted on the whole surface may make you feel impressive.

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Price:
¥385,000 JPY