A deep and broad open cup by Murakoshi Takuma covered in his signature three-colored glaze combination enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shunju Shochu Nomi.The artist indicates he made this for Shochu, a stiff Japanese alcohol.Fired on its side, there are deep shell impressions in the glaze with two beautiful crystalline green eyes between.Deeply scored by the artists fingers, it is a pleasure to hold and feel both the wight and texture.The cup is 12 x 10.5 x 11 cm (4 x 5 x 4-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition, directly from the artist.
Murakoshi Takuma is one of those enigmas who simply lives to work with clay. He does not seek to make a living through pottery, but through his primal approach has earned a following which keeps his work in high demand. He was born in Aichi prefecture in 1954 and began his stroll down the pottery path in 1980 under the tutelage of Kyoto potter Umehara Takehira. Favoring very rough Shigaraki glaze, he established his own kiln in 1997 in the Kiyomizu pottery district of Kyoto, then moved to Nagaoka in 2002. Although eschewing the world of competitive exhibitions, he has been picked up by many of Japan’s preeminent galleries, including private exhibitions at the prestigious Kuroda Toen of Tokyo’s Ginza District.
