Three dome-shaped vessels, large, middle and small, joined into one — like three hills standing shoulder to shoulder. Each has its own opening, so a single arrangement can rise at three heights: a branch in the tallest, a flower in the middle, a sprig of grass in the smallest.
The kiln fired the crowns of the domes a warm persimmon red, fading through smoke to charcoal grey at the base, where a frosting of silver ash gathered around the foot. Throwing rings circle the tallest dome, and the clay was pressed and smoothed by hand where the three forms meet.
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: 110 mm
Width: 134 mm
Mouth: 26 mm
Capacity: 550 ml (total)
Weight: 580 g
Fragile by nature and packed for the journey. Ships worldwide from Japan.
