I
first saw this rich black chawan on a website in Japan and really liked the
glaze quality and the wonky form and I suspect it is very enjoyable to hold.
This photo was taken on a rather sunny day in France and I thought this
informal portrait gave a different, less sterile appreciation of the form and
surface. Showing the balancing act between the shiny and the slightly coarse
qualities of the piece together with the casual throwing brings the chawan to
life, animated in the sunlight and just begging to be picked up and put to
whatever use you have in mind. At the end though I wonder just how much better
off this Tsujimura Kai chawan is bathed in sun than sitting high off on some
distant shelf just collecting dust.
"How clear, how lovely
bright,
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