RYUTA GAMA Large Mishima Bowl
349,00 €
incl. 19% VAT zzgl. Versandkosten
RYUTA GAMA – NAKAZATO TAKI
Karatsu, Japan
Ceramics – Handmade
Large round bowl in the Mishima style (white slip inlay decoration)
As each piece is handmade, every creation is unique and may vary slightly in shape, colour, size, and weight from the item shown in our gallery.
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Description
This large Ryuta Gama Mishima bowl was made by Nakazato Taki, the son of Nakazato Takashi.
This delicate and finely crafted bowl is also decorated in the characteristic Nakazato style, using the Mishima technique. The exceptionally iron-rich dark clay from the hills surrounding Karatsu creates a striking contrast with the white slip. The slip has been brushed over almost the entire surface of the bowl. In the centre and around the rim, however, it was wiped away after filling the stamped and finely incised patterns, allowing the inlaid decoration to stand out clearly. The base of the bowl is also only partially covered with slip, leaving areas of the dark clay exposed and lending the piece additional depth and character.
The firing in the electric kiln has produced a particularly large number of iron spots – tiny black speckles caused by iron particles in the clay. Together with the almost reddish discolourations in the white slip, especially within the delicate pattern at the centre, they give this large Ryuta Gama Mishima bowl its unique character and evoke, in a way, the spontaneity of action painting.
The Mishima style is inspired by Korean Korai tea bowls from the Koryŏ period (935–1392).
RYUTA GAMA – NAKAZATO TAKI and KENTA
Hidden away in the hills of Karatsu, Nakazato Takashi, the fifth son of the legendary Nakazato Muan, founded the Ryuta Gama workshop in 1974. Today, three generations – Takashi, Taki and Kenta – work together to preserve and continue the traditional styles of Korean-inspired Karatsu pottery. Learn more here!
