Almost
exactly a year ago, I posted up a large yuri-hakkin-sai hachi by Furukawa
Toshio with a deep, rich blue glaze over cut and incised platinum decoration.
Just this week, another large tsubo of the same style, glaze and technique
showed up but under the blue glaze was platinum and gold accents at the center
of each medallion which decorated the form. Like the hachi, this piece was more
than likely made as an exhibition piece though I have nothing to substantiate
my theory other than an exhibition sticker reading no. 11. The use of the
underglaze decoration makes for a rather striking presentation which glimmers
and reflects light at every given opportunity thoroughly complimenting the rather large,sturdy and straight forward
form of the piece. This Furukawa tsubo only just arrived and when I get a
moment, I will more thoroughly document the piece with photos and make a
slideshow video or at the very least provide and overall image to give a
clearer picture of just exactly what we are dealing with here.
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