This mentori (faceted) flower vase by Takahashi Rakusai stands 20 cm tall, its eight cut faces catching light differently at every angle. Natural ash glaze (hai-yu) pools and runs from the shoulder — thick where it gathers, thin where it thins to bare clay — reading like a landscape caught mid-motion.
Shigaraki clay carries its own presence: coarse, warm-toned, honest. Rakusai works within that tradition without softening it. The facets are deliberate; the glaze is not. Together they hold a tension that single-stem arrangement only deepens.
Condition: Very good. Minor kiln marks consistent with wood-fired Shigaraki ware. Signed wooden box (tomobako) included.
Dimensions: H approx. 20 cm | Mouth diameter approx. 2.8 cm | Base diameter approx. 7.9 cm
🔹 [ SHIPPING & PACKAGING ] • Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days • Carrier: Japan Post EMS / UPS (with tracking) • Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials
