{"product_id":"p6935","title":"Bizen sake bottle","description":"This is a Bizen sake bottle by Sohei Takashima, who made a spectacular debut after graduating from the studio of Jun Isezaki and winning the Japan Ceramic Society’s Modern Ceramic Art Encouragement Award.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis sake bottle is by Takashima, who studied under the fifth Bizen ware Living National Treasure, Jun Isezaki, and has established his own studio in Ushimado, Setouchi City.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe piece features scenery created by an anagama kiln firing, a specialty of the Isezaki school, with wonderful glassy flowing sesame glaze and a bright brown clay body.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe clay body has a lustrous, wet-like sheen overall, with interesting highlights such as patches of bluish crusty sesame glaze and amber-colored gloss.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCapturing the flames that carry natural ash glaze deep into the kiln, the sight of golden sesame glaze flowing in complex layers across the surface is truly a masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTakashima crafts everything from tableware to tea ware with meticulous care, and this piece, with its simple and refined aesthetic inherited from Jun Isezaki, possesses an alluring quality as if it were the work of a seasoned veteran.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nSigned wooden box (shiho-san)\u003cbr\u003e\nRim 3.7cm x Body diameter 8.8cm x Body diameter 8.6cm x Height 13.0cm, Capacity approx. 380cc\u003cbr\u003e\n\nSohei Takashima was born in Kushiro, Hokkaido, in 1991.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe graduated from the Department of Design at Dohto University in 2014 and immediately began his apprenticeship under Jun Isezaki.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe is currently established independently in Ushimado, Setouchi City, Okayama Prefecture.\u003cbr\u003e\nHis awards and selections include the Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition Encouragement Award, selection for the Tanabe Museum \"Tea Ceremony Ceramics Exhibition,\" the Ceramics Art Exhibition Encouragement Award, selection for the Modern Tea Ceramics Exhibition, and the Japan Ceramic Society Modern Ceramic Art Encouragement Award.","brand":"高島聡平","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618070253665,"sku":"6935","price":17600.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/6935.jpg?v=1790232024","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p6935","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}