{"product_id":"p7877","title":"Lapis Lazuli Rice Bowl (Left-Facing Horse)","description":"This Bizen-lapis rice bowl is by Takashi Baba, who was born in Imbe and has loved Bizen ware since childhood, finding his life's joy in creating works and firing kilns.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis latest work was fired in a newly designed climbing kiln in June 2025, and features an auspicious \"left-facing horse\" carved into the bottom of the piece.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBased in Shigaraki clay and finished with a cobalt-based lapis lazuli glaze, this is an authentic glazed work that reflects Mr. Baba’s passionate research into glazes.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe coarse texture of the Shigaraki clay reacts beautifully with the lapis glaze, creating depth and variation throughout, ranging from near-black tones to areas where the blue shines through.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe interior of the bowl shows traces of natural ash glaze carried by the flames, which has flowed into the vessel while mingling with the lapis glaze.\n\nNo box\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 11.5cm x 11.4cm x Height 6.1cm\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n*Please note that a shipping fee of 800 yen will be automatically added at checkout.\n\nTakashi Baba was born in 1983 as the eldest son of Bizen ware artist Shosuke Baba.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHaving decided from childhood that he would become a ceramic artist, he chose to study sculpture in university to broaden the scope of his pottery.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2006, he graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts with a degree in sculpture and continued his training at the Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe became independent and held his first solo exhibition in 2007.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe is currently active, primarily holding solo exhibitions at department stores.","brand":"馬場隆志","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618212597857,"sku":"7877","price":8800.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/7877.jpg?v=1790233404","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p7877","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}