Pour the black sake.

This is a new black sake server by Koichiro Isezaki, who was born as the eldest son of Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki and who breathes new life into the world of Bizen ware with his exceptional sense and masterful modeling skills. Created by tearing a lump of clay in two, stacking the pieces, and hand-coiling them upward, the tearing marks remain as a rugged, rock-like landscape that exudes immense power. The black slip, which has now become synonymous with the Isezaki school, has reacted to intense firing to evolve into a vivid cobalt blue kiln transformation. This cobalt blue transformation has a particularly high affinity with moisture, becoming more vivid and clear when dampened with sake or water. As a work fired in a high-heat area, the interior has been bathed in natural ash glaze from the kiln walls, with kiln-transformed glass droplets of mixed blue, yellow, and white providing a stunning backdrop for sake. Signed wooden box to be provided at a later date (please allow some time for delivery)
Diameter 12.6cm x Diameter 9.8cm x Height 7.7cm, Capacity approx. slightly over 180ml Koichiro Isezaki was born as the eldest son of Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki. The Isezaki family is a prestigious Bizen ware lineage; his grandfather was Intangible Cultural Property holder Yozan Isezaki, and his uncle was Intangible Cultural Property holder Mitsuru Isezaki, and he aspired to be a ceramic artist from an early age. After graduating from the Department of Sculpture at Tokyo Zokei University in 1994, he studied abroad in the United States. He studied ceramics for about two years under Jeff Shapiro, a potter based in New York City, which greatly broadened his perspective on art and ceramics. After returning to Japan in 2000, he trained under his father's guidance alongside his apprentices. He first exhibited and was selected for the Tanabe Museum of Art Tea Ceremony Exhibition in 2002.