Handmade Raku bowl and dual handled jug with Silver Blues, Magenta & Ambers. These are one of a kind pieces and signed by artist on verso, illegible (appears so underside of jug). Hand crafted and kiln fired with special Raku firing technique for ceramics, known as wheel thrown pottery. Bowl measures 13 in. diameter, 2 in. Ht. Jug/ vessel measures 10 in. wide, 6 in. Ht. **Additional clear resin display stand included to display bowl. Raku ware is a type of Japanese pottery first made during the 1580s traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies, an unpretentious art form art highly desired by tea masters. In the American Raku process, a work is heated to a desired temperature, then removed from the kiln while hot. The piece is placed on a combustible material, usually newspaper, hay, pine needles or sawdust. The smoke and oxygen touching the surface creates the one-of-a-kind piece Signed Raku Pottery, Luxury Japanese Pottery, hand thrown ceramic Raku bowl, hand thrown ceramic Raku jug, collectibles, vintage Raku