Pot display at 7th Heathrow Bonsai Show

A fantastic day out was had by all at the new location Heathrow Bonsai Show. Mark and Ming Moreland kindly invited my good friend Richard Lock and I to put on a pot display. Not the usual for a bonsai show, but we jumped at the chance. On realising how large the table would be .. the day before, we decided to display some Yamaaki pots ranging over the three generations of possibly the most popular kiln in Japan, which unfortunately closed in 2011.
Behind these, were three displays of painted pots. 
The display seemed very well received, with many people spending time to examine and ask about the pots. 

A display of Kutani Arimoto pots, and one sometsuke (blue) pot by Kutani Ai, which was displayed at last years Shunga-ten.

Pots by Ito Gekko. Some sometsuke (blue cobalt on porcelaine), akae (red painted), and some go-sai (5-colour). To the left, is a 1st generation Yamaaki 'mushikui' (bug bitten) pot, and to the right, a coin imprinted pot by the same potter.

and a display by master painter Kutani Ikko. These paintings give a superb sense of depth and draw you into the scene.