ECLIPSE

Like some museums and other collectors, we rotate our collection based on a schedule my wife has fit into her XCEL spreadsheet and recently this Tsukigata Nahiko Oni-Shino bowl came out for its limited engagement run through early next year. One criterion we have for all pots that come out of their hype sleep is that they have to still have that something special, that jolt as they come out of their storage boxes. Every now and again as the piece emerges, it would seem either we have changed, matured in out collecting and in that case I work to re-home the piece but in this instance, that is the furthest from the truth. Though extremely biased, I am always excited to see this chawan which I could among my absolutely favorite pieces.       

Feeling like seeing an old friend, I spent some time taking a group of new photos including a series of HBD (Hollywood backdrop) photos to get new perspectives of the piece. This photo uses a picture of the moon that I took a couple of years back as a background which adds just enough light and atmosphere to the chawan to give it a whole new look. I apologize for posting up yet another photo of this bowl but like with a number of other pieces, I find myself eager to see what comes up in the rotation. That being said, for me, there is very little that we own that would “eclipse”* this wonky chawan.

(* Eclipse, see what I did there?!)