A tall flower vase shaped like a young tree: from a flaring, trumpet-like base, a single trunk rises and twists, then divides into three branches of different heights, each ending in its own small, rolled opening. One arrangement can reach out in three directions — a tall stem in the centre, two shorter ones leaning away to either side.
The kiln fired the branches a warm, toasted brown, glowing amber where they part, with a single smoky ember mark at the fork. Below, the trunk darkens through plum to iron grey, with a soft silver sheen across the base. Throwing rings spiral inside each opening.
Unglazed 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. Traceable to the kiln that made it.
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 96 mm
Mouth: 30 mm
Capacity: 200 ml
Weight: 430 g
Fragile by nature and packed for the journey. Ships worldwide from Japan.
