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No. 4206
Ibe-ware sake bottle
¥45,000
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Description
This is an Ibe-yaki "imo tokkuri" (potato-shaped sake flask) by the master craftsman Mitsuru Isezaki, who loved Bizen ware and made immense contributions to the Bizen region. Unlike the conventional image of an imo tokkuri, this piece features a slightly slender and sharp silhouette. Rather than a "yohen" (kiln transformation) that feels forced or ostentatious, the simple, quiet, and serene "goma" (sesame glaze) and "sangiri" (fire-scorched) markings offer a profound, humble beauty that touches the soul. Its gentle, graceful form exudes the quiet dignity of a true master, and it can also be enjoyed as a vase with a rustic, wabi-sabi aesthetic.
Original signed wooden box (with two-way crosspiece lid)
Mouth rim 3.9cm × Body diameter 9.3cm × Body diameter 9.2cm × Height 17.0cm, Capacity 570cc Born in 1934 as the eldest son of Intangible Cultural Property holder Yozan Isezaki, Mitsuru Isezaki learned pottery techniques from his father at an early age and went on to major in sculpture at Okayama University's Special Art Course. As an authentic master of tea ceramics, he pursued the forms, clay textures, and firing methods of the Momoyama period. He distinguished between the use of climbing kilns and medieval anagama kilns depending on the piece, and insisted on firing with split pine wood, never using electric or gas kilns. He became a regular member of the Japan Kōgei Association in 1964 and received the Kaneshige Tōyō Prize in 1974. In 1994, he received the Sanyo Shimbun Cultural Merit Award, and in 1998, the 15th Tanabe Museum of Art Grand Prize. In March of that same year, he was designated as a holder of an Okayama Prefectural Important Intangible Cultural Property. He passed away in August 2011 at the age of 77.
Awards: Kaneshige Tōyō Prize, Okayama Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award, Sanyo Shimbun Award, Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun Art and Culture Merit Award, Tea Ceremony Form Exhibition Grand Prize, and many others / Prefectural Exhibition invitee
Mouth rim 3.9cm × Body diameter 9.3cm × Body diameter 9.2cm × Height 17.0cm, Capacity 570cc Born in 1934 as the eldest son of Intangible Cultural Property holder Yozan Isezaki, Mitsuru Isezaki learned pottery techniques from his father at an early age and went on to major in sculpture at Okayama University's Special Art Course. As an authentic master of tea ceramics, he pursued the forms, clay textures, and firing methods of the Momoyama period. He distinguished between the use of climbing kilns and medieval anagama kilns depending on the piece, and insisted on firing with split pine wood, never using electric or gas kilns. He became a regular member of the Japan Kōgei Association in 1964 and received the Kaneshige Tōyō Prize in 1974. In 1994, he received the Sanyo Shimbun Cultural Merit Award, and in 1998, the 15th Tanabe Museum of Art Grand Prize. In March of that same year, he was designated as a holder of an Okayama Prefectural Important Intangible Cultural Property. He passed away in August 2011 at the age of 77.
Awards: Kaneshige Tōyō Prize, Okayama Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award, Sanyo Shimbun Award, Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun Art and Culture Merit Award, Tea Ceremony Form Exhibition Grand Prize, and many others / Prefectural Exhibition invitee
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