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.
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