Bizen ware shochu cup

This Bizen shochu cup is by the popular young artist Yoshiteru Kōriki, an apprentice to the master Sozan Kaneshige. It features a tea bowl-style design that is wide and easy to use. The center is narrowed, allowing your fingers to fit perfectly for a comfortable grip. The rich, chocolate-colored clay texture looks truly beautiful as it shimmers within the liquor. Paper box
Diameter 9.6cm × Diameter 9.5cm × Height 7.0cm Yoshiteru Kōriki was born in Akō City, Hyōgo Prefecture. Influenced by his father, who loved pottery, he pursued a career in ceramics. After graduating from high school in 1989, he apprenticed under the master Sozan Kaneshige and his son Arimichi to learn the craft. After seven years of training, he built his own climbing kiln in Shizutani, Bizen City in 1996, and successfully fired 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, his work was selected for the "I Want to Use This: Northern Confectionery Container Exhibition," and in 2002, he was selected for the "Tea Ceremony Modeling Exhibition" for the first time.