Chawan [bol à thé] 'Hagi' en grès émaillé Masanao Kaneta (b. 1953) 2010 | 八代兼田昌尚 萩茶碗 | Masanao Kaneta (b. 1953) A split-foot Hagi chawan (tea bowl), circa 2008-2010, with the genuine box signed by the artist

Saito An Gallery, Hagi, 2010.

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於2010年得自萩，Saito An藝廊

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An eighth generation Hagi potter, Kaneta Masanao has expanded beyond his hefty heritage to create a more sculptural oeuvre. Perhaps due to Kaneta's training as a sculptural artist, his forms have a strong and dramatic presence that sets them apart from the works by other artists of this traditional ceramic center. Using the centuries-old Hagi white-pink glazes, Kaneta creates unique and readily identifiable functional and non-functional sculptural forms. His signature technique of kurinuki, in which he digs or scoops-out a form out of the clay instead of shaping it on a wheel, further allows him to boldly depart from ancient Hagi traditions. b