Kyo Kiyomizu yaki ware Japanese pottery flower pot Kokuyo Saimon Masami Katayama

Size : 21 x 23 cm, 8.27 x 9.06 inch

Material : Pottery

Condition : Brand new

Origin : Made in Japan / Kyoto

Craft :  雅美

Note : It is a delicate and graceful vase of the artist, Masami Katayama. It is a gem with a unique taste.
Wooden box

 Kiyomizu is one of the traditional crafts that represent Kyoto,originally started in the pottery of Kiyomizu Slope neighborhood toward Kiyomizu-dera.
 Pottery and porcelain made in Kyoto is generally known as Kyo-style ceramics,Kiyomizu ware. 
The splendor and refined elegance of Kyo-style-ceramics,Kiyomizu ware is created based on sophisticated design and various proficient skills.
 History of pottery and porcelain in Kyoto started more than 1,200 years ago,in Nara period.
 A Buddhist priest, Gyoki built a kiln and made earthenware in Seikanji.
 Now the ruins of the temple is called "Chawan-zaka". 
Kyo-style ceramics, Kiyomizu ware products are mostly handmade and the feature of that is in wide variety in small quantity.