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Seihakuji Hanaire (青白磁花入)
This is a Kyoto ware jar which Higuchi-san has created.
Potter's wheel throwing to shape.
Firing in the electric kiln.
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 : 18.5 cm
Width : 10.2 cm
Length : 9.1 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.