Bizen Sake Cup

This Bizen sake cup is by Masao Akitani, an artist who studied under Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki and creates works brimming with unique originality within a modern spirit. This piece combines a stylish, inverted triangular form with vivid "hidasuki" (fire-cord) markings. The inverted triangle design, with its delicate line patterns and rim construction, possesses a commanding presence, almost like a wide-mouthed vase. The vertical, swirling hidasuki markings resemble raging flames. Signed wooden box (double-slat)
Diameter 7.1cm × Diameter 6.4cm × Height 7.3cm Masao Akitani was born in Saitama in 1968. He studied under Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki starting in 1998, and after ten years of training, he built his own kiln in Bizen and became independent in 2008. He held his first kiln firing in 2009. His work has been selected for the Tanabe Museum of Art's Tea Ceremony Molding Exhibition and the Japan Kōgei Association Chugoku Branch Exhibition, and he has received awards including the Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition Prize and the Encouragement Prize.