Bizen Sake Cup

This is a new Bizen sake cup by Yoshiteru Koriki, a popular young artist and former live-in apprentice to the master Sozan Kaneshige. This piece embodies the ultimate kiln transformation, fired with a completely clear mind, and pushes the limits of the climbing kiln and Bizen clay. The black ash-covered grains and the amber-crystallized flowing sesame glaze embody the ultimate firing, creating a unique landscape that looks as if the ash-covered kiln transformation has been washed away by a flood of sesame glaze. Due to the intense flames, the interior and the circular "marunuke" pattern on the front are faintly overlaid with a gold hue, shimmering like a platinum coating. Signed wooden box to follow (please allow some time for shipping)
Diameter 6.7cm x Diameter 6.3cm x Height 5.8cm Yoshiteru Koriki was born in Ako City, Hyogo Prefecture. Influenced by his father, who loved ceramics, he aspired to pursue the path of pottery, and after graduating from high school in 1989, he studied ceramic techniques under the master Sozan Kaneshige and his son Yuho. After seven years of training, he built his own climbing kiln in Shizutani, Bizen City, in 1996 to strike out on his own, and successfully produced his 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, his work was selected for the "Exhibition of Confectionery Bowls from the North That You Would Like to Use," and in 2002, he was first selected for the "Exhibition of Ceramics for Tea Ceremony."