

Old bonsai pot enamelled in green "oribe", oval, ideal for maples, from the renowned Koyo house, in Tokoname. Koyo Seal, Aiba Kouchirou + Fuyo - En, the Omiya nursery that commissioned the work. Repaired with metallic paint imitating Kintsugi (gold). Aiba Koyo Kouchirou. Koyo Toen. Tokoname
Handmade pot by Aiba Kouichirou born in 1944, the son of a potter whose family had specialized in plant pots and tableware, the kiln founded by his grandfather. In the early 1970s Aiba Kouichirou built a new kiln, changed the name to Koyo Toen, and began making bonsai pots. This kiln was known as "The Kouyou Pottery Garden" based in Tokoname