Gourd Shaped White Porcelain Water Pitcher
Hiroaki Tsutsui
1951 -- Ceramics
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Price Range
$60 - 6,000
Info
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close - Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 1
Mainly producing porcelain. Being charmed by the colors of the rivers in Azumino, Nagano where I grew up, I mainly produce seihakuji (pale blue porcelain). I use styluses and bamboo sticks that I make myself to carve patterns to detail. The shape of the vessel is also very important to me.
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I formed the vessel using a plaster mold. After removing from the mold, I dried it, carved it, applied glaze and fired it.
Description
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CategoryCeramics
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MaterialsPorcelain clay
Techniques
White porcelain
White porcelain is made from a pale clay of pulverized pottery stone coated in a transparent glaze. Porcelain from China’s Song dynasty is especially famous. Japanese production began in the early seventeenth century in Arita on the island of Kyushu. White porcelain is frequently used as a base for overglaze enamels (iro-e) and blue-and-white (sometsuke) ware.