SHOW OFF

I am not sure what the weather is like where every you are but sunshine has been  intermittent in recent days. On the day that this piece was photographed the forecast called for overcast which we did have until this momentary respite in which the Sun cast it long, warm reach into our back room and coated the shelves in a wave of light and shadow. Peeking out of the shadows is this very nice little koro made of porcelain with yuriko underglaze shining at the surface with tones of red, grey and green decorating the piece in a myriad of vines and birds circling the piece. 

Made by Yoshida Takashi, this koro was thrown out of a dense, white porcelain and then had feet attached to the base and a lid thrown and pierced to complete the form. The lid compliments the pot quite well and fits the koro so precisely that there is literally no play between pot and lid. As you can see in the picture the arabesque style underglaze decoration was rendered in a steady and well practiced hand in which Yoshida used motifs that can be seen on quite a few of his pots from large to small and everything in between. I think the sun has done right by this pot showing off the nuances and subtleties of the decoration allowing all of the variations within the brushstrokes to step up and be noticed.