Kuroiwa Haruki – Handmade and handpainted bonsai pot .
Unique handcrafted piece, brand new and never used.

Pot External dimensions: 12.5 cm (width) × 9 cm (height)

Kuroiwa Haruki hand-painted bonsai pot, The Blue Wave

This is a small, hand-painted bonsai pot from Kuroiwa Haruki, a unique handmade piece measuring 12.5 centimetres across and 9 centimetres tall. The decoration that gives it its name is a blue wave motif, brushed by hand across the ceramic so that no two passes of the glaze sit quite the same way. It is a shohin-scale container made to be looked at closely, the kind of pot that becomes part of the display rather than a neutral background to it.

The form is compact and upright, with clean walls and a steady stance for a small tree. As a one-off, hand-decorated piece, the painting carries the small variations of a brush rather than a print, and that is the appeal. The blue against the pale ceramic ground reads cool and graphic, with a clear nod to the wave imagery long loved in Japanese art. What the photographs show is the empty ceramic pot itself; no tree, soil or plant is included.

A hand-painted piece in the Japanese ceramic tradition

Decorated shohin pots occupy a special place in bonsai culture. Where a large training pot stays deliberately plain, a small painted container like this is allowed to have character, because at this scale the pot and tree are read together as a single composition. Hand-painting on bonsai ceramics is a craft of its own, and a signed wave motif places this piece firmly in that decorative, collectible line that small-pot enthusiasts seek out.

About this piece

At 12.5 by 9 centimetres, this pot suits a shohin or mame bonsai, a small accent planting, or a kusamono companion piece for a larger display. The upright proportions work well with a modest upright or informal tree where the pot can show its painted face. Because it is hand-decorated and unique, it makes a considered choice for a collector who wants a small tree to sit in something with its own quiet artistry.

For anyone building a refined shohin display, The Blue Wave offers a distinctive painted container that holds its own without overwhelming the tree it carries.