Kuroiwa Haruki – Hand-Drawn Ceramic Bonsai Pot 

Kuroiwa Haruki – Ceramic Bonsai Pot 17cm*17cm*17cm

Kuroiwa Haruki hand-painted ceramic bonsai pot

This ceramic bonsai pot is a hand-painted piece by Kuroiwa Haruki, a Japanese ceramicist whose work brings the painterly tradition of Japanese pottery to the bonsai table. The pot measures 17 cm wide, 17 cm deep and 17 cm tall, a near-cubic form that reads as quiet and architectural rather than ornamental. What you see in the photographs is the pot itself, sold on its own, without a tree or any plant.

The body is glazed stoneware with brushwork applied by hand, so the markings flow and break the way ink does on a fired surface. Because each pot is decorated individually, the pattern on this one belongs to it alone. The deep, upright walls and generous interior suit a small to medium tree with some root mass, and the tall proportion sits well under a cascade or a literati trunk that wants height beneath it.

The Kuroiwa Haruki signature

Kuroiwa Haruki pots sit in the long lineage of Japanese ceramic art, where the container is treated as part of the composition rather than a neutral holder. The hand-drawn decoration gives each piece a character closer to a painting than a mass-produced vessel, which is why collectors tend to choose the pot first and then find the tree that answers it.

About this piece

The pot shown is the exact 17 × 17 × 17 cm cube you will receive, with its own hand-applied glaze and brushwork, drainage provision in the base and a clean unglazed foot. Set on a wooden stand or a slab, its square footprint and upright stance give a contemporary, gallery-like presence.

A confident container for a grower who wants the pot to be the talking point as much as the tree.