24228 Living National Treasure Shimizu Uichi (Pale Blue Lion's Korokkoro (Solo Exhibition Work))

Height 13.2cm

Diameter 11.0cm

He studied Chinese ceramics under Ishiguro Munemaro, a Living National Treasure for "iron-glazed ceramics." After serving as an apprentice at the National Kyoto Ceramic Testing Center, he served as an assistant in the Ceramics Department at the Kyoto Municipal Technical Research Institute. He then devoted himself to ceramics, mainly in his home pottery studio, and was recognized as a Living National Treasure for "iron-glazed ceramics" at the young age of 59, the youngest person to do so at the time. In his later years, he moved his studio to the foot of Mount Horai in Kosai, Shiga Prefecture, and continued to be active as a world-renowned ceramicist. This is a work by Shimizu Uichi.