GAMA-YOHEN

This chawan showed up the other day and I took a group of photos and made this slideshow video to show off the surface which is a bit unusual. Made by a classic Showa potter, Ichikawa Kodo, this gama-yohen chawan shows a wide variety of textures and colors with wonderful iridescence and copper flashes across the bowl. I don't know a lot about the potter other than he specialized in this gama-yohen as well as Shino and Oribe pottery. I think what makes this bowl appealing is the unique surface, pratical size and form and its dedication to function, I hope the video gives off that sense as well.

You can see more of this chawan over on my Trocadero marketplace;
https://www.trocadero.com/stores/albedo3studio/items/1374753/GAMA-YOHEN-CHAWAN-BY-ICHIKAWA-KODO