Ibe Hidasuki Tea Bowl

This is an earlier work of Ibe-Hidasuki tea bowl by the perennially popular master Kaneshige Yuho, third son of the great master of tea ceramics, Kaneshige Sozan. It includes a ceramic history document dated around October 1997, suggesting it was produced around that time. Although it is an earlier work, its magnificent Hidasuki (fire-cord) patterns, which allow one to appreciate the quality of the clay, and its slowly widening form, which harmonizes beautifully with the "γ"-shaped Hidasuki, make it truly an exquisite masterpiece. True to the reputation of Kaneshige Yuho—a man acclaimed as a giant of tea ceramics—the craftsmanship of the foot is also superb; for the outer rim, he employed vigorous carving while staggering the starting and ending points, and by gently tapering the tatatsuki (the foot ring base) itself, he has formed a highly intriguing and profound foot. The work inside the bowl is also top-tier; he avoided making the chadomari (tea pool) too deep, cleverly masking the artifice as if it were finished by the ripples of the potter's wheel, and by raising the clay to match the gradation of the Hidasuki, he has created a landscape that draws the viewer in. (There is no sense of use or soiling, but please be aware that this is an earlier work.) Original signed box (shiho-zan construction)
Diameter 13.8cm × Diameter 13.3cm × Height 8.6cm Kaneshige Yuho was born as the third son of the Intangible Cultural Property holder Kaneshige Sozan. He learned pottery techniques under his father, Sozan, starting in 1975. He became independent in 1980 and held his first solo exhibition in Okayama. He focuses on tea ceramics such as tea bowls, water jars, and flower vases, as well as tableware. In his preferred tea bowls, he places importance on the interior form (mikomi) and pursues balance on the exterior. He has received the Sanyo Shimbun Award at the Prefectural Exhibition, the Encouragement Prize at the Exhibition of Tea Ceremony Forms, and the Tanko Biennale Encouragement Prize. In 2002, he received the Japan Ceramic Society Award. In 2018, he received the Sanyo Shimbun Cultural Merit Award. He also devotes his efforts to solo exhibitions, which are held in various locations. In 2019, he was designated as a holder of an Okayama Prefectural Important Intangible Cultural Property.