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I apologize if this seems a bit redundant as I have posted a detail picture and a Youtube video of this vase previously but this photo has been hanging out on the hard drive and I suspect there are details to be seen due to how this was photographed. This Shigaraki take-gata hanaire was made by Furutani Michio and is just a classic example of his firing and the manner in which he handled clay; considered, direct and simple. Aside from the running, cascading ash on the piece I am enamored with the way the area about the cut out has gracefully slumped a bit as it lacked the support it may have wished for during the firing. To my eye this adds to the casual appearance of the vessel, equipted for everyday use or in the tokonoma during chanoyu, it pocesses a nobility in its simplicity. It is easy to wax poetic in regards to the Iga and Shigaraki works of Furutani Michio as in fact many of his pots embody that sense of the lyrical fired deep into the bones of the clay.