Japanese Bizen Pitcher

This early 20th-century ceramic pitcher has a slender shape with a narrow neck that flares slightly towards the opening.

The body is rounded and features an intentionally pronounced side groove, designed to provide a better grip.

The surface displays a brown to blackish hue, with natural variations resulting from the wood-fired kiln. This deep color is achieved through firing in a low-oxygen atmosphere.

The texture remains slightly irregular, characteristic of the artisanal shaping typical of Bizen pottery, near Okayama, in southern Japan. The high-temperature firing vitrifies the silicate components of the clay, resulting in a natural glaze typical of these objects, without any added enamel.
The overall impression is of a traditional utilitarian piece, faithful to the Bizen techniques of the first half of the 20th century.

This is one of Japan's oldest pottery traditions, active for over a millennium.

Height 19.5 cm
circa 1920.
Comes with its wooden box.
A very beautiful piece.

Carefully packaged.
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