Signed box and also signed on the kodai. That rings quite true for a Hagi yunomi. In a way the owner 'brings up' the piece through the daily holding and sipping. His work has also been featured in many invitational exhibitions. Each yunomi has a beige colored body and the famous gritty daido clay.
Fine crackles suffuse the surface and small stone explosions accent the form.
The white marks on the base are from the glaze and the clay wads which the yunomi sat on in the kiln. Perfect condition, with signed box, 'Hagi yunomi, Okada Yutaka,' and stamped on base. Koyo studied with his father at Gesshuji temple in Ibaraki prefecture. Kosei's works are very colorful and floral whereas Koyo's work is more shibui, subdued and inward. The Kaneshige family is the most respected potting family in Bizen.