小林勇超 龍 香合 コーヒーカップ standing cranes and clouds are

standing cranes and clouds are expressed in black and white inlays

The roughly carved cylindrical body has intrusions and plum blossom skins along the hook

This piece has a lively iron painting painted on a body brushed with white clay

This piece is beautiful in black with ash glaze and kiln finish

This is a tsutsugi tea bowl made by Toshisada Wakao

小林勇超 龍 香合 コーヒーカップ standing cranes and clouds areIncense made by Yucho Kobayashi, a ceramic artist from Shigaraki. This year's zodiac sign, the dragon, is depicted. The patterns are finely engraved using carving, which is the artist's signature style. The various patterns, such as arabesques and geometry, were all inspired by Japanese kimonos, old cloth, and curtains, and were apparently created unconsciously. It is divided at the body and can be used as an incense case. The green of the ash glaze