Yellow-Green Slipped Platinum Kairagi Shino Bowl

This large, almost oversized, teabowl is created with the artist’s trademark technique of producing thick cracks on the surface of ceramic works. Kuwata uses porcelain clay and a platinum glaze to make the tea bowl look as if a thick layer of metal is peeling off from the brightly colored vessel it exposes underneath. Although the work looks entirely modern, Kuwata continually emphasizes the traditional Shino-ware technique of kairagi (plum blossom peel) that led him to his process.