Bizen Sake Cup

This is a new Bizen hidasuki shochu cup by Yoshiteru Koriki, a popular young artist and apprentice to the master Sozan Kaneshige. It is an excellent work where a dark, fine-grained kase-goma (dry ash glaze) intertwines with a vivid orange clay body. The edges of the kase sections shimmer with a dull black-silver glow, further emphasizing the contrast with the orange clay. The fineness of the kase is remarkable, and the slight texture felt under the fingers makes it feel more like Japanese washi paper than ceramic. Signed wooden box (shiho-san)
Diameter 6.8cm x Diameter 6.7cm x Height 5.6cm Yoshiteru Koriki was born in Ako City, Hyogo Prefecture. Influenced by his pottery-loving father, he aspired to pursue the path of ceramics. After graduating from high school, he studied pottery techniques under the master Sozan Kaneshige and his son Yuho starting in 1989. After seven years of apprenticeship, he built a climbing kiln in Shizutani, Bizen City, and became independent in 1996, successfully firing his first kiln the following year. He held his first solo exhibition in Tokyo in 2000 and has held annual solo exhibitions ever since. In 1999, he submitted his work to the "Exhibition of Confectionery Vessels from the North I Want to Use" and was selected, and in 2002, he was selected for the "Chanoyu Form Exhibition" for the first time.