CLARIFICATION

In a recent post I had put up a detail shot of a Morino Kako henko with a rather interesting glaze surface and was then asked to put up an overall shot of the piece. Illustrated for clarification sake is a picture of the Kako henko which shows off his rather technical glaze mastery as well as the almost eerie effects where the two surfaces interact as well as the lustrous, halo like apparitions that paint various areas of the piece. Though the henko form itself is rather simple and on the small size I think the vivid aesthetic of the surface more than make up for those "short comings". Even more intriguing about this bottle is that it was made as a limited edition set with a large, full color book showcasing many of Morino Kako's masterworks of which almost a half-dozen are glazed in this fashion. The set is housed in a large sturdy box with the vase in a selected space for the wood, signed storage box and the book which is in a deluxe slip case and cardboard box as well, all as snug as a bug in a box, as it were.