Chawan Geppaku Gold & Platinum

by Matsubayashi Hosai XVI
 
 
 
 
 

Ceramic Tea Bowl/Sculpture

2026

Uji clay, wheel-thrown, white slip, poured Geppaku glaze made from rice-straw ash, fired in a traditional noborigama climbing kiln using split pine wood, finished with gold and platinum overglaze decoration

7,5 x 13,3 x 11,5 cm (2.95 x 5.24 x 4.53 in)

Unique piece, accompanied by a tomobako (custom wooden box), inscribed by the artist

A new development of Hosai XVI’s signature poured geppaku chawan, joining overglaze platinum to the gold. It embodies kirei sabi while pursuing a heightened visual richness—a direction inspired by the artist’s work with AI over the past year.

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About the artist

Matsubayashi Hosai XVI
Japan , 1980

Born in 1980 in Uji, Kyoto, Japan, ceramicist Matsubayashi Hosai XVI comes from a family with over 400 years of […]

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