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Hamanaka Gesson (b.1943) is as talented a ceramic artist as they come; he does everything well from tableware to Tea wares, and all in a variety of styles and glazes. One very, very shibui style that is highly favored by Tea masters is a Korean inspired brown glaze called Irabo (ee-rah-bow). It's a wood ash mixed with an iron glaze that gives it its rusty brown tones that harmonize with whipped emerald green tea to a divine perfection. Hamanaka's chawan is also perfection in form, firing, balance, feel in the hand, foot-kodai and lip. A bit darker in person, in perfect condition with a signed box, 8.2cm.tallx14.2,signed 'moon' on base, Gesson means 'moon village.' More about Hamanaka, a Hagi-based ceramic artist, in our archives.
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