Bizen Hidasuki Sake Set

This is a new Bizen hidaski sake vessel by Megumi Sueda, who studied under Anjin Abe and captivates fans with her unique work as a female ceramic artist. Just like her mentor, Anjin Abe, her vibrant hidaski, composed of planes and lines, possesses a beauty that rivals that of ancient Bizen ware. She has transformed the sake cup form inherited from Anjin into something more delicate and graceful, creating a flowing style born from the refined sensibility of a female artist. While the rich application of the hidaski is reminiscent of ancient Bizen itself, she has employed ingenious techniques to incorporate a bold, intersecting mesh design. Signed wooden box (shiho-san)
Diameter 6.5cm × Diameter 6.2cm × Height 6.4cm Megumi Sueda graduated from the Faculty of Law and Literature at Shimane University in 1990 and completed the Oku-Izumo Pottery Research Institute at the Shimane Design College in 2001. In 2001, she began studying under the sculptor Anjin Abe. In 2002, she built a fully subterranean anagama kiln, "Hanae-gama," in Yokota-cho, Nita-gun, Shimane Prefecture. She has held group exhibitions in Tokyo in 2002, and in Sapporo and Niigata in 2003.