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D7.5cm H4cm
This sake cup is painted in red and green on a white ground. There is an inscription of “古” on the bottom. Koyama Fujio was a potter and a great scholar of Chinese ceramics. Kozanshi is his name as a potter.
Fujio Koyama
1900 - 1975
Ceramic researcher and potter. A major scholar of Chinese ceramics. Born in Tamashima-cho, Asaguchi County, Okayama Prefecture (now Tamashima, Kurashiki City). Kozanko is the name he uses when making ceramics. In his research on ceramics, he established his reputation as a world-class ceramist by discovering the ruins of the Tei kiln, a famous kiln from the Northern Song period in China. Until his later years, he conducted empirical research on Oriental ceramics and wrote and contributed to many books on ancient ceramics. In his later years, he opened the Hananoki Kiln in Izumi-cho, Toki City, Gifu Prefecture, where he produced ceramics. As a potter, he produced a wide variety of works including tea utensils.
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