bargain

[Guy]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Holiday-Sale-Ja ... 4622ace9f2

yep ---- a good buy for all you enthusiasts

[time8theuniverse]

Wow, but still cheaper than a bottle of scotch.

[bodhidharma]

Damn, if they had a pair i would go for it.

[Jason]

Wow! I couldn't beleive the price at first.... then I realised the price I was looking at was in US dollars

Is it really be worth that much? From what I read, its only 70 years old, which didn't seem right for that price... but then I'm pretty clueless when it comes to pricing anything bonsai related

[GavinG]

Have a look at the way the glaze changes its colour over the surface of the pot, the refinement of the lines, the hand-made feel, the subdued elegance of it. If you now go and look at a commercially glazed pot there's just no comparison. The Japanese have been admiring and valuing pottery in all its forms for a thousand years, and their prices reflect that. I don't have that kind of money of course, but I can understand rich connoisseurs seeking them out.

If you want to see some seriously fire-marked glazes, google "Bizen" or "Shino" - I think that wood-fired bonsai pots could work very well with natives, but there's not a lot of them about. Regwac and (I can't remember his name - ?Boris Lomov) from the School of Bonsai have both posted some possibilities.

Gavin

[kez]

I am starting to get bitten by the bug pot, and at the moment Erin Bonsai pots are doing bad things to me. I think they are spectacular, and quite well priced for the workmanship.... which can lead to buying many of them

[kcpoole]

Have a look at the way the glaze changes its colour over the surface of the pot, the refinement of the lines, the hand-made feel, the subdued elegance of it. If you now go and look at a commercially glazed pot there's just no comparison. The Japanese have been admiring and valuing pottery in all its forms for a thousand years, and their prices reflect that. I don't have that kind of money of course, but I can understand rich connoisseurs seeking them out.

If you want to see some seriously fire-marked glazes, google "Bizen" or "Shino" - I think that wood-fired bonsai pots could work very well with natives, but there's not a lot of them about. Regwac and (I can't remember his name - ?Boris Lomov) from the School of Bonsai have both posted some possibilities.

Gavin

Yes I agree that the wood fired pots are really special
Kigawa ( Boris L ) makes them with a group somewhere. They are quite special and some can be seen on his Blog here
https://www.ausbonsai.com.au/blog/borislomov/?p=462

and he has another blog here https://lomov.blogspot.com.au/

Ken

[Jason]

I am starting to get bitten by the bug pot, and at the moment Erin Bonsai pots are doing bad things to me. I think they are spectacular, and quite well priced for the workmanship.... which can lead to buying many of them

I can relate to this I've been building a collection of aussie potters though I have more pots then I do tree's... WAY more Although accent and mame pots make up most of my collection at the moment

@Gavin, thanks for that I can really only tell the difference between a nice pot, and a cheap made one... its the finer details, like the way you desribed the lines and the glaze changes, that I struggle to appreciate, and I guess that is what would take it from a nice pot, to an $9k pot

[Josh]

Imagine what the tree would have to be worth to go into a pot like that

Josh.

[Mount Nasura]

Imagine how much it would be if it wasn't chipped…in three spots

[GavinG]

Jason, take your time, let your eyes learn with pleasure. I still can't draw for nuts, but I found drawing classes very helpful along the way to learn proportion, and how lines and shapes can harmonise with each other.

Just a thought: new, bright, shiny, strong or single colour, mechanically exact lines will all draw the eye, and distract from the tree: old, mottled, soft, a bit irregular will blend better with natural shapes. I blend so well with the garden that sometimes they don't find me for days... (Sorry)

Gavin