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Lot 256 · Ceramics · H 9.5 cm花器
MINI VASE / TOKKURI SAKE VESSEL
Tansen workshop, Tamba ceramics. Second half of the 20th century, potter's wheel, unglazed wood firing.
Estimate
4 000 – 7 000 ₽
- Dimensions
height — 9.5 cm.
- Description
A miniature vase in the form of a tokkuriTokkuri 徳利 — a traditional sake-serving flask with a characteristic narrow neck and a widening body (often pear- or drop-shaped). vessel, made by hand at the well-known Kyoto–Tamba workshop “Tansen”. Created without artificial glazes from local, highly ferruginous red-brown clay. The picturesque amber run on the body was formed naturally by the settling of ash during firing.
- Marks
The workshop's signature mark with the character 丹 (“Tan”) is hand-cut on the unglazed foot.