Bizen sake cup

This Bizen sake cup is the work of Ryuichi Yamamoto, who was born into a family of master Bizen potters and is a full member of the Japan Kōgei Association. It is a substantial, generously sized piece with significant depth, allowing it to hold a good amount. Despite its volume, the flowing wheel work prevents it from feeling clunky, a testament to the talent of this rising star of the Yamamoto family. It has been fired thoroughly at a higher temperature than average, bringing out the golden-hued green sesame glaze (goma) that is a characteristic of the Yamamoto school's firing technique. Signed wooden box (double-slatted)
Diameter 8.4cm x Diameter 8.2cm x Height 4.8cm Ryuichi Yamamoto is the grandson of Living National Treasure Toshu Yamamoto and the eldest son of Intangible Cultural Property holder Yuichi Yamamoto. He received an excellence award at the Musashino Art University sculpture department graduation exhibition. After completing the university's graduate sculpture course, he began honing his fundamental ceramic skills under the guidance of his grandfather and father starting in 1989, and became independent in 1992. Focusing primarily on the potter's wheel, he creates tea ceremony wares, flower vases, and tableware, always with the end user in mind. He held his first solo exhibition in Wakayama in 1994, followed by others in Fukuyama and Tokyo. In 1995, he held a joint father-son exhibition in Okayama. He became a full member of the Japan Kōgei Association and a commissioned artist for the prefectural exhibition in 2002. He also serves as a director for the Omotesenke Youth Association.