Akazu-yaki Ki-Seto Chawan

This Akazu-yaki Ki-Seto chawan (matcha bowl) has a classic soft yellow glaze and is decorated with an inscribed floral motif highlighted with a splash of green copper glaze called tanpan (胆礬). These bowls were designed and produced as a collaboration between Tezumi and Katō Hiroshige of Kasen Kiln.

Following the traditional Ki-Seto technique, each bowl was hand-thrown and then the design is etched into the surface. The Ki-Seto glaze is a mix of ash and feldspar with a little bit of iron-rich clay called oni-ita which turns the glaze yellow in oxidation firing.