Bizen ware sake cup

This is a Bizen sake cup by Kosuke Kaneshige, leader of the Kaneshige school and son of the legendary Living National Treasure Toyo Kaneshige, the restorer of the Bizen pottery tradition. It is a delightful piece with a sweet, earthy quality characterized by a gentle scarlet hue that seems to seep through the clay. As you use it and rinse the gray ash glaze—which has adhered to the surface just right—with sake, the luster and vibrancy of the scarlet color will only grow with each passing day. The simple yet distinctively sculpted form, achievable only through many years of rigorous training, is strikingly taut and deeply satisfying to hold. Signed wooden box to be provided at a later date (please allow some time for shipping).
Diameter 6.6cm x 6.5cm x Height 6.3cm Kosuke Kaneshige is the third son of Living National Treasure Toyo Kaneshige. He graduated from the Sculpture Department of Tokyo University of the Arts in 1968 and completed his master's degree in sculpture at the same university in 1970. He began exhibiting his ceramic works in 1975, and after serving as a lecturer at Tokai University's School of Letters, he returned to his hometown in 1977. He built his own climbing kiln in 1982. He creates objects, tea ware, vases, tableware, and sake vessels. In 1991, he created the ceramic mural "Light and Wind" for the Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance building in Okayama. He received the Japan Ceramic Society Award in 1994. In 1997, he exhibited at the Bizen Ware Exhibition in Paris and has held numerous solo exhibitions in cities such as Tokyo and Osaka. In 2012, he was designated as a Holder of Okayama Prefecture Important Intangible Cultural Property.