Imagine the rich green froth of maccha inside this haunting kutsu-gata bowl by Tsujimura Yii enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shiro-Shino Chawan. It is almost 13 cm (over 5 inches) diameter at the base, the mouth 14 x 11 cm (5-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches) and is 8.3 cm (3-1/4 inches) tall and in perfect condtion.
Tsujimura Yui was born the first son of the legendary artist Tsujimura Shiro in 1975, and his illustrious fathers emphasis on nature and the clashing of forces within the kiln are apparent in his work. He began intensively potting 1993. 9 years later he completed his own kiln in Nara. The very next year (2003) he was exhibited at the Hankyu Department Store in Osaka, and this was the leaping off point of many solo and group exhibitions at galleries throughout Japan. In 2010 the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York acquired one of his large Tsubo storage jars as part of their permanent collection.
