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Lot 321 · Ceramics · H 8.5 cm酒器・茶器
KYUSU TEAPOT
Estimate
4 000 – 7 000 ₽
- Material
Studio ceramics by an individual artist, hand-formed, olive-green ash glaze.
- Period
Second half of the 20th century.
- Dimensions
Height — 8.5 cm.
- Description
A kyusuKyusu 急須 — a traditional Japanese teapot. The best-known form has a horizontal side handle set at a right angle to the spout. teapot with pronounced crackle. The rich red-brown (terracotta) colour points to the use of highly ferruginous clay, while the coarse-grained texture with rough mineral particles gives increased resistance to temperature changes.
- Marks
Absent on the unglazed foot (artisanal work).