Kondo Seiko 近藤 精宏
Karatsu Guinomi 唐津ぐい吞
Stoneware with glaze
H1.4" x Dia 2.6"
H3.7 xDia 6.8cm
H3.7 xDia 6.8cm
With Signed Wood Box
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Kondo Seiko (b. 1945) trained under the Karatsu legend and scholar, Koyama Fujio, whose research into Chinese glazes played a major part in defining the visual identity of modern Karatsuyaki...
Kondo Seiko (b. 1945) trained under the Karatsu legend and scholar, Koyama Fujio, whose research into Chinese glazes played a major part in defining the visual identity of modern Karatsuyaki today. Kondo has a nice pictorial sense. In this cup, the clay has a nice gradation from pale to a firey red. You can see that he has used an iron slip to cleverly impress a thumbprint on one side, giving a playful geometric aspect to the cup. The color is warm and tender. He fires using a noborigama (climbing kiln), and other experimental hole kilns.