Arita ware | Takuma Tsuji | line engraved square plate “Bird Dance”

These are square plates depicting various eagle poses using the ``line engraving'' technique (Soyo's unique technique of drawing pictures on porcelain clay using needles and carvings) that has been passed down through generations of Takuma Tsuji's kilns. It depicts continuous movements in a line like a zoetrope (rotating peeping picture), and is expressed as if the eagle were dancing.