{"product_id":"nabeshima-celadon-ogasawara-nagaharu-ice-crack-chawan-arita-tea-bowl","title":"Nabeshima Celadon Ogasawara Nagaharu Ice Crack Chawan Arita Tea Bowl","description":"A Nabeshima celadon tea bowl by Ogasawara Nagaharu, rendered in a luminous aqua that belongs to neither sea nor sky but to the kiln alone. Bold ice-crack crackle fragments the surface into a mosaic of frozen light — the hyoretsu technique carried forward through Arita's living celadon tradition. A vessel of quiet presence, accompanied by the artist's pamphlet documenting the Nagaharu celadon lineage and its roots in Nabeshima domain ceramics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Ogasawara Nagaharu (小笠原長春)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Nabeshima ice-crack celadon (鍋島氷裂青磁)\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Heisei period\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Arita, Saga Prefecture, Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: 12.0 cm × 7.0 cm (4.7\" dia × 2.8\" h)\u003cbr\u003e• Foot diameter: 5.0 cm (2.0\")\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Paper gift box with artist pamphlet (\"鍋島 長春青磁\")\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent — no chips, cracks, or repairs; glaze vivid and intact throughout\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOgasawara Nagaharu has built his practice around a single, sustained investigation: Nabeshima celadon and the ice-crack crackle that defines it. Where many potters work across techniques, Nagaharu has chosen depth over breadth — a commitment to one material conversation, pursued until the glaze itself becomes a collaborator rather than a medium. The accompanying pamphlet, titled \"Nabeshima Nagaharu Celadon,\" documents this dedication and the technical lineage connecting his work to the historical Nabeshima domain kilns.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis bowl achieves a celadon tone of remarkable luminosity — a bright, pale aqua that glows with an almost internal light. The color is distinctly different from the grey-green of classical Chinese celadon or the steel-blue of other Nabeshima interpretations. Nagaharu's palette occupies a register closer to glacial meltwater: cool, transparent in feeling, yet carrying the full material density of feldspathic glaze over porcelain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ice-crack pattern here is exceptionally bold. Large, irregular shards of glaze — some spanning several centimeters — create a surface that reads as fractured ice on a still pond. The crackle lines are not fine crazing but pronounced ridges where one plate of glaze meets another, each boundary catching light as a subtle raised edge. The interior amplifies this effect: viewed from above, the aqua glaze pools toward the center, deepening in color and gloss, while the crackle radiates outward like frozen ripples.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe hemispheric form sits low and wide, its rounded profile inviting the hands to cup rather than grip. The clean, pale rim provides a crisp boundary between the celadon world within and the space without. At the base, a broad, flat foot ring reveals the warm reddish-brown clay body — the Arita porcelain stone that has grounded this region's ceramic production for four centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"The color did not arrive. It was always there, beneath the stone, waiting for fire.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Nagaharu's Singular Focus**: In a ceramic landscape that rewards versatility, Ogasawara Nagaharu's decision to devote his practice entirely to Nabeshima celadon is itself a statement. The pamphlet accompanying this bowl speaks to this commitment — it is not a generic kiln brochure but a document of artistic philosophy, explaining the relationship between Nabeshima historical technique and Nagaharu's contemporary interpretation. This kind of dedication produces ceramics that carry a specific gravity absent from more general production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Aqua Luminosity**: The pale, bright aqua of this bowl is achieved through precise control of iron content in the celadon glaze and the oxygen-reduction atmosphere during firing. A fractional increase in iron would shift the color toward green; a slight change in kiln atmosphere would grey it. The luminous aqua that Nagaharu achieves exists in a narrow window of chemistry and fire, demanding consistency across the entire firing cycle. That the color remains even and vivid from rim to foot is evidence of disciplined kiln management.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Large-Scale Crackle**: The boldness of the ice-crack pattern on this bowl is notable even within the hyoretsu tradition. Where some Nabeshima celadon pieces present a medium crackle — dramatic but contained — this bowl's fragments are exceptionally large, some spanning the full height of the wall. This scale is achieved through thicker glaze application and carefully controlled cooling rates. The visual effect is architectural: one reads the surface not as texture but as structure, a network of tectonic plates in miniature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Broad Foot Construction**: The wide, flat foot ring with visible wheel-thrown spiral marks connects this contemporary piece to the fundamental act of making. Where the glazed surface presents the alchemical — the transformation of mineral into color — the foot presents the physical: clay shaped by centrifugal force and the potter's hands. The incised mark near the foot edge confirms Nagaharu's authorship in the most direct way possible — carved into the material itself before firing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Paper Box and Pamphlet**: While this bowl does not come with a traditional wooden tomobako, the artist's printed pamphlet provides significant documentation value. The pamphlet details the Nabeshima celadon tradition, Nagaharu's position within it, and the technical characteristics of his ice-crack technique. For collectors and researchers, this primary-source material contextualizes the bowl within its artistic lineage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【基本情報】\u003cbr\u003e• 作家：小笠原長春\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：鍋島氷裂青磁\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：平成\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：有田（佐賀県）\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：口径約12cm × 高さ約7cm × 高台径約5cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：紙箱・作家しおり（「鍋島 長春青磁」）\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：良好 — 傷、ヒビ、直しなし\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e小笠原長春による鍋島氷裂青磁茶碗。鍋島青磁一筋に取り組む作家の手になる、透明感のある水色（アクア）の青磁が印象的な一碗である。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e長春青磁の特徴は、その明るく澄んだ青磁色にある。中国龍泉窯の翡翠色とも、他の鍋島青磁に見られる鉄灰色とも異なる、氷河の融水を思わせる冷涼かつ透光感のある色調は、釉薬中の鉄分量と還元焼成の精密な制御によって初めて実現する。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e本作の氷裂貫入は特に大胆で、数センチに及ぶ大きな釉片が器面全体を覆い、凍結した水面を見下ろすような景色を生み出している。見込みに向かって青磁釉が溜まり、色が深まる様は、静かな池の深部を覗き込むような趣がある。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e丸みを帯びた半球形のフォルムは手に馴染み、広い高台には轆轤の螺旋跡と作家の刻印が残る。付属のしおりには鍋島青磁の伝統と長春の制作思想が記されており、作品の文脈を理解するための一次資料として価値がある。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Aqua light held in porcelain — not the memory of water, but water's stillness made permanent.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61606342918514,"sku":"260130_1983","price":828.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m55642799413_1.jpg?v=1771411099","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/nabeshima-celadon-ogasawara-nagaharu-ice-crack-chawan-arita-tea-bowl","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}