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Description: 

This is an extraordinarily well-done Shigaraki-ware(*) vase made by Katsunori SAWA. Just phenomenal!!! He was born in 1980 as a son of the most reputable and respected Shigaraki-ware pottery artist legend Kiyotsugu SAWA. Today, he is recognized as a "rising star" pottery artist in Japan. As shown by his resume (the 3rd and 4th photos from the last), he held his exhibition not only at many places in Japan but also at San Francisco and New York. And recently in 2026, he was invited to an exhibition held at the Stratford gallery in UK. 

* Shigaraki-ware is a stoneware, which is made of a special clay (available only in Shigaraki) and fired at very high temperature (1,250~1,300 degrees Celsius). It does not use or apply any glaze before firing. The glaze is naturally formed in the kiln when certain conditions met from ash of red pine tree and feldspar / iron contained in the clay. Thus, it looks very natural and primitive. And not sure how it looks until it comes out from the kiln. Stoneware is still produced in Japan, because it is loved by the people who practice tea ceremony and Ikebana flower arrangement.

This is a vase to be used for flower arrangement. And yet, it is a phenomenal art itself. Incredibly beautiful!!
It was made by a quite unique technique called "Hiki-Dashi" in Japanese that means "Pull-Out". The vase was pulled out from the kiln when the kiln's temperature reached and kept at the highest (1,250 - 1,300 Celsius) and rapidly cooled down, which generated incredibly beautiful green glaze that is called "kiln jewelry" (or "Vidro-Yu" in Japanese). 

It is brand new stored in the original wooden box signed by Katsunori (photo #3). 

Approximate Size: Height:  25.0 cm / 9.8 in     Width:  9.5 cm / 3.7 in     Depth:  8.0 cm / 3.1 in
Approximate Weight:  1,522 gr / 53.7 oz

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