ON DISPLAY

I find it quite a unique experience to be welcomed in to a collectors home to see and experience their collection. There are a myriad of advantages of peeking into one's collecting strategy and style from handling more pots, seeing pieces by potters you have not handled before, being introduced to new potters as well as seeing how ones collection is displayed and conceived. In this particular instance Mindy and I were invited to see a collection of a couple who like us, collect as a team with each piece discussed and vetted as a democratic process and with our collecting, Khan sometimes casts the deciding vote (in my favor of course). Of particular note was the way in which a large number of chawan and gunomi/ tokkuri were on display, well-lit and lined up on shelves that just seemed to float against the wall creating row after row of pots that just were asking to be viewed and handled, with permission, of course. I think you can tell a lot about a collector seeing such a large number of pots, carefully arranged and displayed from style and firing preference to a taste for particular potters. it was exceedingly enjoyable seeing this collection with just as many larger pieces as there were small treasures, a well thought out and balanced collection that left us eager to visit again at some future date.