Tea bowl "Blown by the Wind"

This is the tea bowl "Blown by the Wind" by Hiro Ajiki, an artist who continues to captivate fans with his imaginative and emotionally rich works. The title is truly befitting of Ajiki, who has traveled not only throughout Japan but across the globe. Silver and indigo lines intersect atop a white glaze that resembles pearl white. The color scheme seems to carry a sudden chill of winter, mingled with a refreshing breeze. Together with the illustration of Japanese pampas grass on the box lid, it allows one to enjoy the arrival of autumn a little early. This is the tea bowl "Blown by the Wind" by Hiro Ajiki, an artist who continues to captivate fans with his imaginative and emotionally rich works. The title is truly befitting of Ajiki, who has traveled not only throughout Japan but across the globe. Silver and indigo lines intersect atop a white glaze that resembles pearl white. The color scheme seems to carry a sudden chill of winter, mingled with a refreshing breeze. Together with the illustration of Japanese pampas grass on the box lid, it allows one to enjoy the arrival of autumn a little early. Signed wooden box (shiho-san)
Dia. 15.3cm × Dia. 14.5cm × H 7.2cm Hiro Ajiki was born in Hirata City, Shimane Prefecture, in 1948. After leaving the oil painting department at Musashino Art University in 1970, he wandered Japan with the desire to become a painter and a traveler, and from 1971 to 1972, he traveled through over 25 countries including India, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa. Afterward, he decided to become a ceramic artist, building a climbing kiln and going independent in 1975. Finding the greatest appeal in tea bowls, he worked primarily with salt glaze, as well as galena glaze, Oribe, and Shino fired in an anagama kiln. He has received numerous awards, including selection for the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition and the Grand Prize at the Tanabe Museum of Art Tea Ceremony Ceramics Exhibition, and his works are also held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.