artisan's name unknown
Kobizen Vase, 17th century
pottery
7 1/2" X 1 1/2" (diameter)
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I call it 'A vase with a crack'. Slender, delicacy, elegance, and volcanic strength of mud and fire dwell together in this vase. The crack happened in a kiln. I...
I call it "A vase with a crack".
Slender, delicacy, elegance, and volcanic strength of mud and fire dwell together in this vase. The crack happened in a kiln.
I take my hat off to the artisan, who did not discard the vase and instead saw its immense beauty and kept it. Since then, for more than four centuries, connoisseurs have treasured it.
Yes, there is a big crack. The vase can contain enough water for flowers. Besides, the right quantity of water makes the slender cylinder stable.
Yakishime is a technique to fire unglazed wares at high temperatures. It is one of the most fundamental ways and has become part of Japan’s traditional culture. It has admired the metamorphosis that happens in the log kiln.
It has so many contradictions.
No, it is not everybody’s cup of tea.
It is the best-loved pottery in my inventory.
Slender, delicacy, elegance, and volcanic strength of mud and fire dwell together in this vase. The crack happened in a kiln.
I take my hat off to the artisan, who did not discard the vase and instead saw its immense beauty and kept it. Since then, for more than four centuries, connoisseurs have treasured it.
Yes, there is a big crack. The vase can contain enough water for flowers. Besides, the right quantity of water makes the slender cylinder stable.
Yakishime is a technique to fire unglazed wares at high temperatures. It is one of the most fundamental ways and has become part of Japan’s traditional culture. It has admired the metamorphosis that happens in the log kiln.
It has so many contradictions.
No, it is not everybody’s cup of tea.
It is the best-loved pottery in my inventory.