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  • Kakurezaki Ryuichi tea bowl with a tea caddy by Isezaki Mitsuru
    Kakurezaki Ryuichi tea bowl with a tea caddy by Isezaki Mitsuru

     

    “Modern visual taste, weaned on the sculptural Impressionism of Bourdelle and Rodin or on the painterly abstractions of Pollock and Dubuffet – that is, trained to accept the semiotic language of organic process – can more easily embrace the “accidental” attributes of Raku, Iga, Bizen, Shigaraki, Karatsu, and Tamba glazes.”

     

    Read more about aspects of contemporary taste for the ceramic tea bowl.