{"product_id":"izumi-kisen-turtle-island-kogo-kame-no-su-ceramic-incense-box-warm-amber-glaze-tomobako","title":"Izumi Kisen Turtle Island Kogo — Kame-no-Su Ceramic Incense Box, Warm Amber Glaze, Tomobako","description":"An island held in two hands. A turtle held in place by nothing at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIzumi Kisen shaped this kame-no-su kogo — turtle's nest, or turtle island — as a ceramic landscape: irregular, rocky, the coastline unresolved in the way real coastlines are. The warm amber glaze pools into dark green-brown hollows where the stone would be coolest, lightens across the raised ridges where the sun would reach. A small turtle rests on the summit, fully present, unhurried. The piece divides at the waterline. The lid is the island itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tomobako inscription reads 亀の洲 香合 — turtle island incense box — alongside the artist's notation of the associated tea kettle, Shōun-gama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Japanese culture, the turtle carries the weight of longevity, stability, and the sea. In the tea room, a kogo in this form appears at occasions where time is being marked — a season, an anniversary, a gathering that will be remembered. The form asks nothing elaborate of itself. It simply represents endurance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very good. Glaze intact, no chips. Tomobako included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e———\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【泉喜仙 亀の洲香合 松雲釜】\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e亀の洲を象った陶製香合。温かみのある琥珀色の釉が岩礁の凹凸に深みある陰影を生み、天辺には小さな亀が佇みます。島の水際で蓋が分かれる造形が秀逸。共箱の銘は「亀の洲 香合」。長寿と不変の象徴である亀を写した、茶席に場の静けさをもたらす逸品です。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ SHIPPING \u0026amp; PACKAGING ]\u003cbr\u003e• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days\u003cbr\u003e• Carrier: Japan Post EMS \/ UPS (with tracking)\u003cbr\u003e• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61638305382770,"sku":"260304_a_2336","price":503.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m56471664858_1.jpg?v=1772715222","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/izumi-kisen-turtle-island-kogo-kame-no-su-ceramic-incense-box-warm-amber-glaze-tomobako","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}