TOKKURI

Illustrated is a rather nice Bizen tokkuri that certainly wears the effects of a rather good firing across its entire surface. I first saw and handled this tokkuri back in 2016 and was immediately impressed with the form and surface though the scale that it presented was also rather notable, did I forget to mention that it is over 13" tall? Coupled with the large size, the box itself is another point of interest, it is made of plywood though the top of the lid is signed as one would expect, I will admit that I have not seen such construction before. I suspect this tokkuri and the box date to the early to mid 1960s at the latest and as you can see, the work is a rather mature and expertly crafted and fired pot that just happens to be housed in an odd box and hold enough sake for a good sized party. I am not usually opposed to oddities, though I do prefer a good mystery now and again and I will share more info and perhaps a video slideshow at some point in the future of this rather eloquent pot.

"The things that stand out are often the oddities."  Pierre Salinger