26256 Living National Treasure Manji Inoue Colored glazed persimmon incense

Height 10.8cm
Diameter 12.0cm

As a leading expert in wheel-throwing, he studied under Sakaida Kakiemon XII and learned about the potter's wheel. With his outstanding skills and vast experience, he has led the way in Arita white porcelain.

In Japanese ceramics, chance elements such as distortions and kiln changes are often incorporated and used to make the work appealing, but in the case of white porcelain, perfection is required, with not even a single imperfection allowed, not only in form but also in the absence of pinholes or impurities.

Manji, who mastered the all-white world of white porcelain in Arita, a place with a tradition of colored porcelain such as Akae and Nabeshima, created this persimmon incense burner to celebrate his 60th birthday using his theme color red.