Bizen Sake Cup

This Bizen sake cup is by Hisanaga Koide, who has made his long-awaited debut after completing a lengthy apprenticeship under Juro Harada. It is a magnificent piece featuring yellow-green sesame glaze and a rich shiso-purple hue that makes one wonder just how intense the firing must have been to achieve such colors. The "nuke" (unfired areas) are also distinctive; the golden-tinted white clay body is almost like forged steel. The shiso-purple color with golden highlights inside the cup glows even when dry, as if coated in oil, and when sake is poured in, the light and color intensify, providing a rich and vibrant scenery. Signed wooden box (shiho-san)
Diameter 7.8cm x 7.6cm x Height 5.6cm Hisanaga Koide was born in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, in 1978. He began his apprenticeship under Juro Harada in 1997. In 2011, he became independent and built his climbing kiln in Ushimado-cho, Setouchi City, Okayama Prefecture. He fired his first kiln in 2013.