Bizen Hidasuki Sake Cup

This is a new Bizen hidasuki sake cup by Yoshiteru Koriki, a popular young artist and apprentice to the master Sozan Kaneshige. The hidasuki (fire-cord) pattern, with its subtle golden hue, combines with the texture of high-quality rice-field clay fired slowly and thoroughly to create an understated aesthetic that will delight the true connoisseur. Its pristine surface, which looks as if it has barely been fired, seems to emanate the scent of earth and forest. Designed with a generous size that allows you to fully immerse your nose, it is perfect for savoring the rich aroma of sake, and rubbing the cup so that the scent infuses into the clay will make for a truly sublime experience. Though not flashy, it is a profound piece whose melt-in-the-mouth clay texture becomes more captivating the longer you gaze at it. Signed wooden box (shiho-san style)
Diameter 6.8cm × 6.5cm × Height 5.0cm Yoshiteru Koriki was born in Ako City, Hyogo Prefecture. Influenced by his pottery-loving father, he aspired to a career in ceramics and, after graduating from high school, studied under the masters Sozan Kaneshige and Ariyoshi Kaneshige starting in 1989. After seven years of training, he built his own climbing kiln in Shizutani, Bizen City, in 1996 to strike out on his own, and held a successful first firing the following year. He held his first solo exhibition in Tokyo in 2000 and has held annual solo exhibitions ever since. In 1999, he was selected for the "Pottery for Sweets from the North" exhibition, and in 2002, he was selected for the "Tea Ceremony Forms" exhibition for the first time.