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Made for a single stem or a few branches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnglazed Bizen stoneware, wood-fired in one continuous firing near Bizen, Okayama (GPS 34.7456°N, 134.1894°E). Its colour and markings are kiln transformation (yōhen) — the record of earth and flame in a single moment, not a pattern anyone chose. One of a kind, shaped by human hands, and impossible to reproduce. 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Ships worldwide from Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Studio Otsu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67829291155592,"sku":"OTSU-G08","price":70000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/2723\/8536\/files\/7_211_4x5_s2.jpg?v=1793701072"},{"product_id":"frost-collar","title":"Frost Collar","description":"\u003cp\u003eA tall, slender flower vase that tapers gently toward a rolled lip, with two clay lugs — \u003cem\u003emimi\u003c\/em\u003e, 'ears' — pulled down from the shoulder like folded straps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWood ash settled thickest around the neck and melted into a frosty, silver-white collar flecked with gold — in Bizen this is called \u003cem\u003egoma\u003c\/em\u003e, 'sesame'. Below it the body warms through rust, persimmon and smoky plum, with a few soft drifts of pale ash and fine throwing lines circling the base. 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Ash gathered on the rim in a rough, frosted crust and ran down the neck in a single drip of gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnglazed Bizen stoneware, wood-fired in one continuous firing near Bizen, Okayama (GPS 34.7456°N, 134.1894°E). Its colour and markings are kiln transformation (yōhen) — the record of earth and flame in a single moment, not a pattern anyone chose. One of a kind, shaped by human hands, and impossible to reproduce. 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The other side stayed a quiet red-brown, scattered with tiny golden beads of ash like stars, with one rough patch where something rested against the pot in the kiln and left its print, and a soft round \u003cem\u003ebotamochi\u003c\/em\u003e mark near the foot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnglazed Bizen stoneware, wood-fired in one continuous firing near Bizen, Okayama (GPS 34.7456°N, 134.1894°E). Its colour and markings are kiln transformation (yōhen) — the record of earth and flame in a single moment, not a pattern anyone chose. One of a kind, shaped by human hands, and impossible to reproduce. 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Ships worldwide from Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Studio Otsu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67829684207752,"sku":"OTSU-G09","price":70000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/2723\/8536\/files\/10_231_4x5_s1.jpg?v=1793701988"},{"product_id":"three-hills","title":"Three Hills","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree dome-shaped vessels, large, middle and small, joined into one — like three hills standing shoulder to shoulder. Each has its own opening, so a single arrangement can rise at three heights: a branch in the tallest, a flower in the middle, a sprig of grass in the smallest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe kiln fired the crowns of the domes a warm persimmon red, fading through smoke to charcoal grey at the base, where a frosting of silver ash gathered around the foot. 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