HERE & THERE; KI-SETO EDITION

A while back I handled a rather nice, certainly exhibition quality Ki-Seto chawan by Hori Ichiro and even thought I had built a slideshow video of it I can't seem to locate it at the moment so I went with this picture for the time being. Though this is not the best quality picture, taken quite some time back, I set up this impromptu shot of the chawan in front of the exhibition catalogue that accompanied the bowl. The photo clearly shows the chawan in situ and in print but once again I am struck by the variation between the piece on the desk and in the catalogue. Though the print version is just a tiny bit out of focus, in certain respects they look like two chawan fired at either different times or in different locations in the kiln. 

Luckily I have handled the bowl and I can attest to the fact that it actually looks like both depending on how and where the teabowl is observed again a trick of the diversity of the light source(s). What I can tell you is that it is a rather classic example of Hori Ichiro's Ki-Seto work with a great texture and the waterfall of aburage styling across the face is just what I like as it blends back into the classic glaze texture. I am going to have to hunt around to see if I can find the original slideshow that I seem to remember making and if not, locate the photos and start again from scratch.