This tokkuri is presented just how it was found, shabby chic! Three sides feature a bird and flower picture inscribed directly into the unfired clay, signed with a single character. Old dirt and colour can be found on the surface and the impression of long decomposed textile can be clearly seen. This can be removed with a little patience. Bizen pottery is a very high-fired stoneware that is self-glazing, that is it becomes vitrified at high temperatures. Conditions in the kiln produce colour flashes that add to the interest.

10.3/8 inches (26.3 cm) high. In good condition but with a firing crack at the bottom of one of the plain sides. This line is adjacent to one of the ‘flashes’ of colour and may be an indication of stress caused by the firing. Noted in the photographs.

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