Banko, A Rustic Pottery

Banko is a rustic Japanese ware first made by eighteenth-century potter Numanami Gozaemon and revived in the middle of the nineteenth century. Most familiar are small, reddish brown stoneware teapots with decorative, animal-shaped knobs, and pots of glazed gray clay. True marbleized wares were made from a blending of several colors of clay. These pieces […]