Personal Collection NOT FOR SALE!
GYOUZAN, Tokoname常滑rectangular 33.5cm.
Product Details: NOT FOR SALE!
Region: Tokoname 常滑市
Kiln: GYOUZAN
Potter: Master and Founder of the GYOUZAN kiln - 1st Gen Nakano Yukizyou Gyouzan
A superior early handmade unglazed rectangle with external rim with lip, lower band and cut feet.
Designed by the great Gyouzan of Tokoname.
Widely recognised as the world's leading artist for unglazed wares, Nakano Yukizyou is the founder and 1st generation artist of Tokoname Gyouzan kiln.
Nail-Hand-Signed by Master Nakano Yukizyou.
External dimensions: 33.5 x 27.5 x 10.0cm.
Internal dimensions: 29.4 x 23.2 x 8.0cm
This is my first Gyouzan Nakano, which I purchased six years ago!
It is perfect, apart from some hard watermark stains; it has no chips or cracks, which is amazing for the age!
Over the years, I have learned that hand-signed pots by Gyouzan are highly sought after and they tend to sell for significantly more. I started a collection since...
Sublime handmade rectangle from Gyouzan, his signature work.
The main difference between Gyouzan’s production pots and handmade pots is the method of construction.
Production pots are hand pressed in moulds and hand finished.
Hand made pots are a combination of slab (tatara) and coil (Himo-tsukuri), you can see a video of him at work in this process here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BGldNvuMpNI
Gyouzan - Yukizyou Nakano
Generally considered the best living Japanese potter for unglazed pots, Yukizyou Nakano, and his son-in-law, Yuuji Nakano, of the Gyouzan kiln,
They also produce some superb glazed pieces.
Yukizyou Nakano was born in 1940. He is referred to in Japan as 'Nakano 'Arukisan', or Nakano 'row three'.
He is a true master of his craft, and his pots display superb detail and refinement in their design and finish.
Drainage holes are often quirky shapes and arranged in patterns, and the undersides of the pots often show great attention to detail.
Unglazed pots.
