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Kuro Arita Matcha Bowl

Ceramics
Craft Artist
Eijiro Tokunaga
ORIGIN
Arita, Saga Prefecture
SIZE
φ85mm × H60mm
MATERIAL
Clay

Blue light from the depth

This tea bowl called “Kuro-Arita” is made with carbonized firing and it expresses a blue light coming out of the depth of darkness. The blue, born out of coincidence and yet inevitable, appears from a mysterious depth. A masterpiece seen by our mind’s eye.

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