Bizen-ware small bowl

This Bizen small bowl is by the popular young artist Yoshiteru Koriki, a former apprentice to the master Sozan Kaneshige. The piece features Koriki-sensei’s signature clay texture, with an overall orange hue reminiscent of Nanban-yaki or Tanegashima ware. At the same time, it exhibits the subtle textural variations characteristic of Bizen ware throughout; there is a truly delicate richness to the piece, with the orange deepening into a brighter golden yellow in the interior, and a gradation from orange to ocher from the rim to the base on the exterior. Furthermore, as a small tableware bowl, it transforms into a stunningly deep and profound shade of orange when moistened. Paper box
Diameter 10.6cm × Diameter 10.3cm × Height 4.8cm Yoshiteru Koriki was born in Ako, Hyogo Prefecture. Influenced by his father, who loved pottery, he set his heart on the path of ceramic art. After graduating from high school, he studied pottery techniques under the master Sozan Kaneshige and his son Arihuni starting in 1989. After seven years of training, he struck out on his own in 1996 by building a climbing kiln in Shizutani, Bizen City, and successfully fired his first kiln the following year. He held his first solo exhibition in Tokyo in 2000 and has held annual solo exhibitions ever since. In 1999, his work was selected for the "Confectionery Ware of the North" exhibition, and in 2002, he was selected for the "Forms of Tea Ceremony" exhibition for the first time.