A round-bellied flower vase in the shape of a sake bottle, with a slender neck and a small flared lip. Most of the body fired a quiet sand-grey, flecked with tiny specks of iron. Down one side, the fire washed the clay in amber and rust, and the boundary between the two sweeps around the belly in a clean curve — like a half moon, or the shadow of another pot that stood beside it in the kiln.
Throwing rings circle the shoulder, and the rim carries a soft sheen. Made for a single stem or a few branches.
Unglazed Bizen stoneware, wood-fired in one continuous firing near Bizen, Okayama (GPS 34.7456°N, 134.1894°E). Its colour and markings are kiln transformation (yōhen) — the record of earth and flame in a single moment, not a pattern anyone chose. One of a kind, shaped by human hands, and impossible to reproduce. Traceable to the kiln that made it.
Dimensions
Height: 134 mm
Width: 86 mm
Mouth: 31 mm
Capacity: 300 ml
Weight: 270 g
Fragile by nature and packed for the journey. Ships worldwide from Japan.
