D18cm H15cm
Fujio Koyama was a potter and a great scholar of Chinese ceramics. He was also a close friend of many potters and visited them in various regions to produce various types of works. This piece may also have been produced by a Bizen potter. 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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