Echizen Vase

This vase is 49 cm wide, 14.8 cm high, and 8 cm deep at its thickest point.

The dimensions of the rectangular opening are: 11 x 3 cm

This expressive vase from the Japanese ceramic tradition of Echizen is characterized by its powerful form and the distinctive surface created by wood firing. The body is elongated and low, with a slightly faceted, almost archaic silhouette reminiscent of a boat.

The coarse, iron-rich clay gives the surface a rough, earthy texture. The natural ash-flashed glaze, formed during the wood firing, appears in irregular, vertically flowing melt marks. These range from matte, sandy brown tones to subtle, glassy areas with gray and slightly bluish nuances. The spontaneous flow of the ash gives the object a lively, organic dynamism and makes each piece unique.

As a whole, the work embodies central principles of Japanese aesthetics such as Wabi-Sabi: the appreciation of the imperfect, impermanent, and accidental, visible in the interplay of form, fire, and material.