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AIIROSHINO GUINOMI (Indigo Shino type Sake Cup N) Mino ware
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Ceramic Feature
Aiiro Shino Guinomi (藍色志野ぐい呑)
This is a Mino ware cup which Sakai-san has created.
Aiiro Shino (藍色志野)
The technique called nezumi-shino.
It's one kind of Mino-yaki.
He got a hint from that.
Applying cobalt-blue slip between glaze and clay.
It reaches to a gentle and elegant pattern.
Kairagi (梅皮花)
Pattern -
Cracks like shark's skin like the picture above.
It has occured to shrinkage of glaze after being fired in a kiln.
It's also called kannyu in Japanese.
That's anything but broken, certailny available.
Sakai-san wants users to see the tension that the pattern brings.
Size
Height : 5.5 cm
Diameter : 6.9 cm
Artist Introduction
SAKAI, Hiroshi
(Mino artist)
Sakai-san has learned ceramic a lot under Kato Kozo who is the living national treasure, "setoguro". He creates a new type of Shino-yaki in his own individuality.
- Price:
- ￥41,800 JPY
