Item TS422

Aka Shino
Incense Burner

(1pc. & signed box)

$950

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Tomio Suzuki

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No other tea ceremony utensil has quite the same spiritual function as kouro.  Incense wafting from the holes in the lid helps to clear the mind, making participants more attuned to the Zen principles of harmony, reverence, purity and tranquility.  More than just mere burners, kouro should be both decorative and contemplative pieces themselves.

This shino incense burner by Tomio Suzuki is quite that.  It is done in a base of aka (red) shino and accented with feldspar drip details.  The depth of color in the iron-rich glaze is spectacular.  Its wide base is deftly sculpted with irregular facets that give the piece a modular, geometric feel - like a puzzle asking to be solved.

Kouro of this type are traditionally used for holding pieces of smoldering charcoal upon which powdered incense is burned.  This piece can easily accommodate stick or cone-type incense as well.

A wooden presentation box will be custom made to order and signed by the artist.  Delivery time for this item is 2 weeks.

See Tomio Suzuki's Hanshin Gallery exhibition for more from his 2007 collection.

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