Being
Friday I thought to try to tie up a few lose ends and since I had received a
few inquiries, I decided to post up the overall view of this Kujaku-yu glazed
hanaire by Miura Shurei. As you can see from this composite overall of the
front and back, the form is elegant with long sweeping vertical facets that
highlight the glaze and create stark planes of visual interest. The rich,
iridescent glaze is a beautiful tight cloak of varying effects that is
reminiscent of exotic peacock feather, hence the name that fits the vessel as
if it were created for it or more likely the other way around in this case.
There is a real beauty in the marriage of form and surface of this piece which
has traces of varying Chinese archetypes though handled distinctly in a way
only Miura-san could manage. It is abundantly clear why Madame Kikuchi thought
highly of this potter and this surface and once you have seen this combination
in person, its haunting conversation becomes a new addition to your pottery
lexicon.
You can see the original detail oriented post for this vase
here; https://albedo3studio.blogspot.com/search?q=shurei
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