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Japanese Tsubo

with different glazes and drips in an abstract design. (opening: 6 1/2" diameter). About the artist: Murakoshi Takuma was born in 1954, in Aichi prefecture, and began his stroll down the pottery path in 1980 under the tutelage of Kyoto potter Umehara Takehira. Favoring very rough Shigaraki glaze, he established his own kiln in 1997 in the Kiyomizu pottery district of Kyoto, then moved to Nagaoka in 2002. Although eschewing the world of competitive exhibitions, he has been picked up by many of Japan's preeminent galleries, including private exhibitions at the prestigious Kuroda Toen of Tokyo's Ginza District.