{"product_id":"p8116","title":"KIRITACHI VANISHING POINT","description":"This is an earlier work, a *kiritate* (straight-sided) piece titled \"VANISHING POINT\" by Toru Ichikawa, who made a striking debut after studying under Ryuichi Kakurezaki.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is an exceptionally creative and unconventional piece that showcases Ichikawa's signature style of giving shape to an endless stream of ideas through the supreme medium of clay.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nNamed \"VANISHING POINT,\" this work expresses an overwhelming worldview, true to the title.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTrue to Ichikawa's style of freely manipulating glaze textures to create infinite variations, three types of glazes with different colors and textures are deployed across the surface.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe pink side is finished with a layered, iridescent glaze reminiscent of lusterware, the platinum accents move freely like action painting, and the remaining inner surface expresses a serene world in ice white.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis piece was created as a *kiritate* set with a saucer, making it a luxurious work that can be used freely as tableware or a glass.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAlthough it is an earlier work, it is unused.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nSigned wooden box (drop-lid)\u003cbr\u003e\nBody: 7.0cm x 7.0cm x 8.5cm (H)\u003cbr\u003e\nSaucer: 10.3cm x 10.2cm x 1.4cm (H)\n\nToru Ichikawa was born in Tokyo.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn June 2011, he began studying under Ryuichi Kakurezaki, a holder of the Okayama Prefectural Designated Important Intangible Cultural Property.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe established his own studio in Tamano City, Okayama Prefecture, in January 2015.","brand":"市川 透","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618320142433,"sku":"8116","price":26840.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/8116.jpg?v=1790235034","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p8116","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}