{"product_id":"colored-slip-vase-ー市野-秀之-彩泥花瓶","title":"Colored-Slip Vase ー市野 秀之 “彩泥花瓶”","description":"\u003cp\u003eA striking vase by Ichino Hideyuki, enclosed in its original signed wooden box titled Saidei Kabin. The gently swelling ovoid form provides a quiet ground for an exceptionally precise geometric composition, with overlapping ochre panels set against deep charcoal-black fields and crossed by bands of dark iron red. Each colored panel is articulated with fine parallel incised lines, their changing directions creating a subtle sense of movement as the design travels around the vessel. The decoration is deliberately contained between broad areas of finely textured grey clay at the shoulder and base, while the interior is finished in a deep lustrous black. Particularly effective is the way the narrow red bands abruptly turn and descend through the composition, interrupting the scattered geometry and drawing the eye around the vessel. The combination of earthy Tamba colors, meticulous linear work and bold abstraction gives the piece a distinctly contemporary character while remaining rooted in the material vocabulary of the kiln tradition into which Ichino was born. It measures 23 x 21.5 x 34 cm (9 x 8-1\/2 x 13-3\/8 inches) and is in excellent condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIchino Hideyuki (b. 1963) was born into the historic pottery community of Tamba Tachikui and is the fourth-generation potter of Gahō Kiln, established in 1890. He apprenticed under Shimizu Tōhō from 1981 before returning to the family kiln in 1985, where he worked under Isaku and Gahō, and was admitted as a full member of the Japan Kōgei Association in 1997. Early in his career Ichino explored linear inlay, colored slips and carbonized firing, gradually developing a highly individual approach that combines the robust traditions of Tamba ware with a distinctly contemporary sense of color and design. Particularly characteristic is his celebrated “Gahō Blue,” developed through experiments with cobalt-based glazes and contrasting white slip, as well as his use of traditional shinogi carving in clean, modern forms. Describing his approach as a form of “contemporary mingei,” Ichino remains deeply committed to the functional vessel, adapting the inherited techniques of one of Japan’s Six Ancient Kilns to the changing rhythms of modern life. He has exhibited widely throughout Japan, including selection for the Tanabe Museum of Art’s Chanoyu Form Exhibition, and today works at Gahō Kiln alongside the next generation, his sons Kenta and Daisuke.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ichino Hideyuki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762523046135,"sku":"MC1821","price":115600.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/7472\/3063\/files\/2026-09-2512.51.26.jpg?v=1793417023","url":"https:\/\/kuramonzen.com\/products\/colored-slip-vase-%e3%83%bc%e5%b8%82%e9%87%8e-%e7%a7%80%e4%b9%8b-%e5%bd%a9%e6%b3%a5%e8%8a%b1%e7%93%b6","provider":"Kura Monzen Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}