Black tea bowl

This black tea bowl is the work of Koichiro Isezaki, who was born as the eldest son of Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki and who breathes new life into the world of Bizen ware with his exceptional sense and masterful sculpting ability. Its unique, near-spherical form was shaped by scraping away clay. The distinct, sharp edges that cannot be achieved on a potter's wheel lend themselves perfectly to modern architecture and spaces. The chic black finish is very modern yet refined, and its quiet concealment of intense individuality is truly the embodiment of wabi-sabi. Signed wooden box (shiho-zan)
Diameter 13.3cm x Diameter 13.0cm x Height 11.6cm Koichiro Isezaki was born as the eldest son of Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki. The Isezaki family is a distinguished house of Bizen ware; his grandfather was the Intangible Cultural Property holder Yozan Isezaki, and his uncle was the Intangible Cultural Property holder Mitsuru Isezaki. Koichiro aspired to be a ceramic artist from a young age. After graduating from the Sculpture Department of Tokyo Zokei University in 1994, he studied abroad in the United States. He learned ceramics for approximately two years under Jeff Shapiro, a ceramic artist living in New York City, which greatly broadened his perspective on art and ceramics. Upon returning to Japan in 2000, he trained under his father’s guidance alongside his father's apprentices. In 2002, his work was submitted to and selected for the Tanabe Museum of Art's Chanoyu Exhibition for the first time.