Bowl with eulalia grass design in overglaze enamel and underglaze blue.
H 12.5 / ø 42.0 cm,Year.2015Description
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CategoryCeramics
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DimensionsH 12.5 / ø 42.0 cm
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Year of creation2015
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RarityUnique
Techniques
Blue underglaze
Blue and white porcelain (sometsuke) is made by painting blue underglaze decorations on white bisque-fired pottery using a cobalt-rich pigment known as zaffer (gosu). The piece is then coated with a transparent glaze and fired. This technique for making blue and white porcelain has been used in China since around the twelfth century during the Yuan Dynasty.
Overglaze enamel
Overglaze enamel decorations (iro-e, literally “colored pictures”) are achieved by applying designs to the surface of already glazed and fired porcelain. The decorations are painted over the glaze, and the piece is fired again at a low temperature of approximately 800℃. The pigments used in traditional overglaze decorations are known as wa enogu (“Japanese paints”) and offer a palette of colors such as red, blue, yellow, green, and purple. Overglaze enameling may also be done with Western pigments (yō enogu).
Selection
- The 62nd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2015)
- Selected
