A round, full-bodied flower vase with a short, flared neck. Around the shoulder the maker carved a band of wavy lines by hand — ripples circling the neck like water around a dropped stone — framed by two fine rings.
The body fired a soft, smoky brown with drifting bands of shadow. On the front, a warm patch of apricot glows through, crossed by thin dark lines drawn by the fire as if with a brush, and a single stroke of glossy black ash rings the neck.
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: 125 mm
Width: 99 mm
Mouth: 22 mm
Capacity: 270 ml
Weight: 260 g
Fragile by nature and packed for the journey. Ships worldwide from Japan.
