This is a Bizen-yaki ear-handled flat vase for flowers, made by the late Mitsuru Isezaki, a holder of Okayama Prefecture's Important Intangible Cultural Property. Comes with a wooden box (yomotsuzan style). Potter's mark present (Image 18). 【Condition of the Item】 〈Flower Vase〉 ・No noticeable scratches or stains. 〈Other〉 ・Box has age-related stains (Image 19). 【Size (as shown in Image 2)】 Height: 15.5cm Mouth Diameter (outer): 7.5cm Body Diameter: 15.9cm Weight: 1kg Please allow for slight variations due to amateur measurements. 【Delivery Date and Time Cannot Be Specified】 Delivery date and time cannot be specified due to the specifications of Yu-Yu Mercari delivery. 【No Price Reduction】 The price of this item cannot be reduced. Please refrain from price negotiations. 【Mitsuru Isezaki (1934-2011)】 Born in 1934 in Imbe, Bizen City, as the eldest son of Yozan Isezaki (Important Intangible Cultural Property of Okayama Prefecture), a master craftsman of fine works. He majored in sculpture at the Okayama University Special Art Department, but dropped out of university to help his father, who was working on the creation of a large statue of Shinsaku Takasugi, and began his pottery life. In 1960, he and his younger brother Jun restored a medieval-style semi-underground anagama kiln on Mt. Koya. He repeatedly won awards at the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition and became a regular member of the Japan Kogei Association in 1964. He temporarily stopped exhibiting at public exhibitions after 1975. In 1994, he "returned" to the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition with a mizusashi (water container) and won an award. In 1997, he exhibited at the Bizen-yaki Paris Exhibition. In 1998, he was certified as a holder of Okayama Prefecture's Important Intangible Cultural Property. As a full-fledged tea ceremony potter, he pursued Momoyama-style modeling, the texture of the clay, and firing. He used both climbing kilns and medieval anagama kilns depending on the work, and was particular about firing with pine firewood, without using electric or gas kilns. Passed away in 2011. His younger brother, Jun Isezaki, is a Living National Treasure. His four sons, Taku, Shin, So, and Kyo, are all Bizen-yaki artists. 〈Main Awards and Achievements〉 Kaneshige Toyo Award Okayama Prefectural Culture Encouragement Award Sanyo Shimbun Award Okayama Nichinichi Shimbun Arts and Culture Merit Award Tea Ceremony Art Exhibition Grand Prize Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition: Invitation and many others. #Flower_vase #MATCHA #Bizen_ware #BizenYaki #Bizen_pottery Bizen-yaki Ceramics Tea Ceremony Utensils Matcha Tools Pottery Collection Marked Artist's Work Deceased Artist Dead Stock Unglazed Firing Yakishime Handmade Wavy Pattern Jar Vase Flower Vase Flower Arrangement Flower Arrangement Tools Ornament Interior Vase Flower Stand Type...Stoneware Pottery...Bizen-yaki