Lee Love on tue 21 mar 00
Actually, Shinos come in many colors here. I believe the first ones were
white, but they didn't stay that way for long.
I have a nice dish we bought last week made by Matsuzaki
Ken, a student of Tatsuzo Shimaoka's. It is mostly a reddish brown,
burnt brown in some places and a sort of creamy white where it is thick.
It has iron slip underneath the glaze, either inlayed or wax resisted, I
can't tell, but it is applied in a nice pattern. Matsuzaki is an adept with
Shino and Oribe. I hope to meet him soon.
The traditional Shino I am currently interested in is Nezumi
Shino "Mouse Shino" which is blue-grey where there is slip under it and
white where there is no slip. I don't much like the white shinos that
look like milk glass. I think some of the modern knockoffs here are fired
in electric kilns.
Tonight, on a game show on T.V., they had three different Shino
pieces that were evaluated by experts. The one dish (it was tan and a
cream color and old) was priced at $300,000.00 dollars! I am
dumbfounded to be living in a country where Shinos (or any pottery for that
matter) appears on gameshows. :^)
--
Lee Love
2858-2-2 , Nanai
Mashiko-machi
Tochigi-ken
321-4106
JAPAN
Ikiru@kami.com
| |
|
