Bonsai Pot Tokoname Ichikō-zōki Watanabe Kazuhiro Small, Long side approx. 19.3cm, Mokkō-bachi, Raised Rim, Shudei, Clay Ware, With Original Box and Cloth, For Appreciation/Display, New u1225655117

Bonsai Pot, Tokoname, Ikkōzōki, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Small, approx. 19.3 cm long, Mokkō-bachi (Quince-shaped pot), Rimmed, Shudei (Vermillion Clay), Clayware, with original box and cloth. For appreciation and viewing. Actual item. Real name: Kazuhiro Watanabe. Trained under his father, Shōzan Watanabe, while researching glazes. Began firing small bonsai pots around 1978. Specializes in slab-built glazed bonsai pots and glazed suiban (water basins). Glaze colors are primarily Oribe, Jun-yu, White Kōchi, Yellow Kōchi, and Ruri-yu (lapis lazuli glaze), with a wide variety of intermediate colors. A Tokoname bonsai pot artist who creates clay-colored, small, and large bonsai containers, including both pots and suiban. The artist's name is read "Kazuhiro," but it is commonly known as "I..."