Ibe Tokkuri

This exquisite new Ibe sake bottle is the work of Masashiro Aiga, an artist who creates works that are relentlessly straightforward and full of backbone. After a process of rigorous selection, where the very word "profit" was cast aside, the single masterpiece that remained is a sake bottle of rare brilliance for these times. The vibrant sesame glaze, which could easily be called a "golden rain," combines with a beetle-like surface texture that gleams from extensive firing to create the ultimate Ibe-style piece. It is of a high standard not only in its firing but also in its craftsmanship; the body, with its delicately remaining potter's wheel marks on the shoulder, possesses a majestic fullness suited to the clear yellow hue, standing tall and imposing while draped in a kiln-transformation glaze of overwhelming presence. Signed wooden box to be provided later (please allow some time for shipping)
Rim 4.1cm × Body diameter 9.4cm × 9.3cm × Height 14.0cm Capacity: approx. 490cc Masashiro Aiga graduated from the Okayama Prefectural Bizen Pottery Center in 1997. In 2003, he built a fully underground anagama kiln in Sabukaze. He built his second kiln, a semi-underground anagama, the following year in 2004, and continues to devote himself to his craft.