{"product_id":"p6662","title":"Bizen \"Hiki-dashi\" Sake Cup","description":"This is a newly fired *hikidashiguro* (pulled-out black) sake cup by Yoshiteru Koriki, an artist who pursues his own creative vision without pretension, despite having studied under the masters Sozan Kaneshige and Yuho Kaneshige.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is his latest work, just removed from the kiln in May 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhile this is a *hikidashiguro* piece, a style not previously seen in Koriki’s Bizen work, this particular cup incorporates cobalt in a quest to further evolve his black-ware series.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe artist used a slip containing cobalt and pulled the piece from the kiln mid-firing; as a result, a cobalt-blue kiln transformation has emerged on the front of the cup, as if seeping out from the clay itself.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe rest of the piece features the characteristic scenery of a *hikidashiguro* work, showcasing impressive, highly lustrous dark gray and black tones with a metallic sheen.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAt one moment, it glimmers like metal, and the next, all light seems to be swallowed by its deep black, making the interior of the cup feel as though one is peering into the profound depths of space.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWith subtle variations in color, such as the intensified metallic feel around the foot, this sake cup offers a renewed appreciation for the enigmatic nature of *hikidashiguro* and the mysteries of light.\n\nSigned wooden box (shiho-san style)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 6.6cm × 6.5cm × Height 5.9cm\n\nYoshiteru Koriki was born in Ako City, Hyogo Prefecture, in 1970.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter graduating from high school, he spent seven years from 1989 studying ceramics under Sozan Kaneshige and Yuho Kaneshige.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe built his own climbing kiln in Shizutani, Bizen City, in 1996 and held his first firing the following year.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe held his first solo exhibition in Tokyo in 2000 and has held solo exhibitions every year since.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2002, his work was selected for the Tea Ceremony Ceramics Exhibition for the first time.","brand":"高力芳照","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618059669601,"sku":"6662","price":16500.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/6662.jpg?v=1790231718","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p6662","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}