Bowl / Mingei
Large Shiraiwa-yaki Mingei Deep Bowl
Shiraiwa-yaki is rare in the fact it was fired in Akita prefecture in the north of Japan. Akita is not known for its pottery although many folk kilns dotted the region first fired in the Edo/Meiji periods, and have since died out. Shiraiwa is one such lost kiln. Pots were fired from the mid-Edo period until around Meiji 33 or 1900. It's also known as Shiraiwa Setoyama. Most of the output was used in daily life, such as large vats, tokkuri, spouted bowls, oil jars, plates, and ohaguro-tsubo. Here is a large deep bowl with a rich blue mottled ash-glaze inside and a dark iron glaze on the outside. It was fired in a stacked method as evidenced by four 'stacking scars' on the outside and spur marks on the inside. For its age it's in very good condition with no chips on the lip and only regular signs of ware. There are two firing cracks on the base. A very good display piece for any mingei museum or collector, good for food or flowers as well. It's quite large at 16.0cm.tall and 33.5cm.wide at lip.
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