{"title":"Suzuki Suzan","description":"\u003cp class=\"pd-hook\"\u003eThe first thing a Suzan pot does is lie to you. You brace for the weight, you lift, and it isn't there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuzuki Suzan (1928–1988) worked outside Nagoya, away from Tokoname and its famous clay deposits, so he solved the clay problem himself — importing a body from China and refining it for years, chasing strength without mass. What he arrived at is warm, slightly porous, holds patina for decades, and weighs a fraction of what your eyes expect. He is also credited with designing the bamboo band, a piece of vocabulary other potters have been borrowing ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery pot was made to order, one commission at a time, which is why there is no such thing as a bad Suzan — and why the supply is closer to a finite list than an inventory. Look for the teapot-shaped chop, the riveted drums, cut and cloud feet, and, on the rare glazed pieces, bare feet left uncovered so you can judge the clay and the edges for yourself. You'll also see him written as Syuzan, Shuzan, or Syouzan; same potter, same kiln.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\"\u003eRead the full Suzan profile →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"large-rectangular-unglazed-japanese-bonsai-pot-suzuki-suzan-kiln-hand-carved-extended-rim-special-commission-signature-bottom-border","title":"12x9.5x3 Inch Suzuki Suzan Rectangle Bonsai Pot #162 – Hand Carved Extended Rim, Unglazed, Chop Mark","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:60ch;margin:0 0 32px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eEvery pot \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\"\u003eSuzuki Suzan\u003c\/a\u003e made was made to order, one commission at a time, and this one carries a special commission signature to say so. That fact explains most of the others about his work. He never ran production lines, so there is no quality gradient in his catalogue, no exhibition pieces getting his full attention while the small work was finished by whoever happened to be free. Every pot that left the kiln was built for somebody specific.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eThe rim extends out past the wall, a border runs around the bottom of the body, and the whole pot was worked by hand. Suzan spent his career on a clay body of his own, importing and refining material until it had real structural strength without the mass that usually comes with it, which is why his pots feel lighter in the hand than their size suggests. He left almost all of his work unglazed. When the clay is the achievement, covering it makes little sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eAt 12 by 9.5 inches and 3 inches deep this is shallow for its footprint. That suits a tree whose roots are already developed rather than one still building mass, and a rectangle reads formally, which pairs with an upright trunk. The unglazed clay holds patina well and will keep deepening with watering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;flex:1 1 100%;align-self:stretch;box-sizing:border-box;border-top:2px solid #BA7918;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003e12 × 9.5 × 3 in\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eShape\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;\"\u003eRectangle\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eKiln\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;text-align:right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\" style=\"color:#BA7918;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:6px;text-decoration-thickness:1px;\"\u003eSuzuki Suzan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:2px solid #3C5745;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eFinish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;\"\u003eUnglazed\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:18px;font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:10px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#A8A5A0;\"\u003ePot #162\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bonsai Den","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44072005009526,"sku":null,"price":525.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/6491\/1222\/files\/1FIRST.jpg?v=1787849837"},{"product_id":"large-naban-unglazed-japanese-bonsai-pot-by-suzuki-suzan-decorative-rim-smooth-texture-chop-mark","title":"2 Inch Deep Suzuki Suzan Naban Bonsai Pot #200 – Decorative Rim, Unglazed, Chop Mark","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:60ch;margin:0 0 32px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eA shallow naban from \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\"\u003eSuzuki Suzan\u003c\/a\u003e, unglazed and finished with a decorative rim. A naban is a very shallow flat form, closer to a tray than to a conventional pot, and it exists for compositions where the soil is meant to disappear and the planting sits almost directly on the surface. At 2 inches deep this one is true to that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eSuzan worked almost entirely unglazed, in a clay body he developed himself by importing and refining material until it had real strength without the weight that usually comes with it. His pots tend to feel lighter in the hand than their size suggests. The smooth surface here is the point rather than an absence of decoration, and the rim carries the only ornament on the pot. It is chop marked, a pressed seal that identifies the kiln.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eTwo inches of depth is a real constraint and an honest one. This is a pot for a forest or group planting, for a root over rock composition, or for a single tree whose roots are fully developed and no longer need volume. It is not a pot for material still building mass. A vessel this shallow also dries faster than a deeper one, which is worth knowing before you plant into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;flex:1 1 100%;align-self:stretch;box-sizing:border-box;border-top:2px solid #BA7918;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eDepth\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003e2 in\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eKiln\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;text-align:right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\" style=\"color:#BA7918;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:6px;text-decoration-thickness:1px;\"\u003eSuzuki Suzan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:2px solid #3C5745;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eFinish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;\"\u003eUnglazed\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:18px;font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:10px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#A8A5A0;\"\u003ePot #200\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bonsai Den","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44072005337206,"sku":null,"price":525.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/6491\/1222\/files\/4D4A0200.jpg?v=1787850765"},{"product_id":"large-drum-unglazed-japanese-bonsai-pot-suzuki-suzan-kiln-chop-mark-nail-signed-incised-corner-flat-rim-hand-placed-rivets","title":"Suzuki Suzan Drum Bonsai Pot #187 – Hand Placed Rivets, Unglazed, Chop \u0026 Nail Signed","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:60ch;margin:0 0 32px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eSuzuki Suzan built his reputation on two forms, and this is one of them. The riveted drum, with the rivets set by hand around a flat rim, is the piece of vocabulary collectors picture when the name comes up, alongside the bamboo banding he is credited with designing. Suzan worked in the suburbs of Nagoya rather than Tokoname, which meant the clay was a problem he had to solve for himself. He imported it from China and spent years refining a body that reads soft and porous to the eye, holds patina over decades, and weighs noticeably less than its size suggests. That last quality is still the fastest way to identify one. You get your hands under the pot expecting exhibition weight, and it is not there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eEvery pot that left his kiln was made to order, one commission at a time. That is why there is no quality gradient in his work, and why the supply is genuinely finite: there was never a bin of identical examples. The rivets on this drum are doing structural work as much as decorative, which is the principle running through everything he made. Nothing on a Suzan is there that is not also holding the pot together. Our record notes the chop on the underside as a rare one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eThis is a large drum, built as a display pot rather than a training one. Unglazed is the convention for pines, junipers and anything with bark worth looking at, because the clay recedes and lets the tree carry the composition. A drum at this scale wants a tree with real presence, and the flat rim gives a clean horizontal to set the silhouette against.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;flex:1 1 100%;align-self:stretch;box-sizing:border-box;border-top:2px solid #BA7918;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eShape\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;\"\u003eDrum\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eKiln\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;text-align:right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\" style=\"color:#BA7918;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:6px;text-decoration-thickness:1px;\"\u003eSuzuki Suzan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:2px solid #3C5745;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eFinish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;\"\u003eUnglazed\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:18px;font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:10px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#A8A5A0;\"\u003ePot #187\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bonsai Den","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44072005533814,"sku":null,"price":625.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/6491\/1222\/files\/4D4A0187.jpg?v=1787850511"},{"product_id":"large-square-unglazed-japanese-bonsai-pot-suzuki-suzan-kiln-hand-carved-windows-incised-corners-thin-walls-solid-block-clay-chop-mark","title":"16x15.5x11 Inch Suzuki Suzan Square Bonsai Pot #212 – Hand Carved Windows, Unglazed, Chop Mark","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:60ch;margin:0 0 32px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eThis is the \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\"\u003eSuzan\u003c\/a\u003e pot that does the whole trick at once. A large square, carved from a solid block of clay rather than built up from slabs, with windows cut by hand into the sides, corners incised rather than left plain, and walls thin enough that the weight in your hands will not match what your eyes told you to expect. That mismatch is the fastest way to recognise his work. Suzan spent his career refining an imported clay body for strength without mass, and a pot this size is where the achievement shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eCutting windows into a solid block means removing material from something that still has to hold together, and doing it at this scale with walls this thin leaves no room to correct a mistake. The corners get the same discipline. Nothing here is decorative that is not also structural, which is the Japanese restraint sitting on top of proportions borrowed from classic Chinese containers. The chop is on the base, and his is teapot-shaped once you know to look for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eAt 16 by 15.5 inches and 11 inches deep this is an exhibition pot. Eleven inches is a great deal of root volume, which puts it in cascade and semi-cascade territory, or under a large literati trunk, or any tree where the roots need the soil more than the composition needs to spread sideways. A square this size reads formal and commanding, so it wants a tree that can hold its own against it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;flex:1 1 100%;align-self:stretch;box-sizing:border-box;border-top:2px solid #BA7918;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003e16 × 15.5 × 11 in\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eShape\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;\"\u003eSquare\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eKiln\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;text-align:right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\" style=\"color:#BA7918;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:6px;text-decoration-thickness:1px;\"\u003eSuzuki Suzan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:2px solid #3C5745;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eFinish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;\"\u003eUnglazed\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:18px;font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:10px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#A8A5A0;\"\u003ePot #212\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bonsai Den","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44072005763190,"sku":null,"price":4550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/6491\/1222\/files\/4D4A0212.jpg?v=1787851053"},{"product_id":"large-rectangular-unglazed-japanese-bonsai-pot-suzuki-suzan-kiln-chop-mark-vintage-bold-form-with-smooth-corners","title":"18.5x15.5x3.5 Inch Suzuki Suzan Rectangle Bonsai Pot #254 – Vintage Bold Form, Unglazed, Chop Mark","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:60ch;margin:0 0 32px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eA large unglazed rectangle from \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\"\u003eSuzuki Suzan\u003c\/a\u003e, and a restrained one. No carving, no rivet work, no banding. What is left is proportion, and that is the harder test. At 18.5 by 15.5 inches this sits close to square, an unusual footprint for a rectangle, and the corners are finished smooth rather than cut sharp so the wall reads as one continuous surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eSuzan made his name on a clay body he imported and refined himself, chasing structural strength without the mass that normally comes with it, so his pots feel lighter than their size suggests. He worked almost entirely unglazed, and a plain pot like this is where that decision is most exposed. There is nothing to hide behind. Every piece was made to order rather than produced in runs, which is why a plain Suzan is still a scarce one. The chop is on the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eAt 3.5 inches deep against that footprint this is shallow and wide. It suits a tree with a developed root system, a group planting, or a broad deciduous canopy where the pot should sit quietly underneath. The near-square proportion also means it reads well from more than one side, which is unusual in a rectangle and worth thinking about if the tree has more than one good face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;flex:1 1 100%;align-self:stretch;box-sizing:border-box;border-top:2px solid #BA7918;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003e18.5 × 15.5 × 3.5 in\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eShape\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;\"\u003eRectangle\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eKiln\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;text-align:right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\" style=\"color:#BA7918;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:6px;text-decoration-thickness:1px;\"\u003eSuzuki Suzan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:2px solid #3C5745;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eFinish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;\"\u003eUnglazed\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:18px;font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:10px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#A8A5A0;\"\u003ePot #254\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bonsai Den","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44072005927030,"sku":null,"price":875.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/6491\/1222\/files\/4D4A0228_1.jpg?v=1788963066"},{"product_id":"large-rectangular-unglazed-japanese-bonsai-pot-suzuki-suzan-kiln-heavy-patina-flat-rim-smooth-texture-square-cut-feet","title":"18 Inch Diameter x 3 Inch Deep Suzuki Suzan Round Bonsai Pot #270 – Smooth Texture, Unglazed, Chop Mark","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:60ch;margin:0 0 32px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eEighteen inches across, and it will not weigh what you expect. That is the first thing a \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\"\u003eSuzuki Suzan\u003c\/a\u003e pot does, and at this size it does it hardest. You see a round this wide and your body runs the math on exhibition weight before your brain catches up. Then you lift it, and the weight is not where it is supposed to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eThe reason is the clay. Suzan worked in the suburbs of Nagoya rather than Tokoname, so he did not have one of Japan's best ceramic deposits on his doorstep and had to answer the clay question himself. He imported it from China and spent years refining a body nobody else was using, chasing strength without the mass that normally comes with it. What he arrived at reads soft, porous and warm to the eye, holds patina beautifully over decades, and weighs a fraction of what it looks like it should. Our record describes the colour in this one as having incredible depth, which is that clay doing its work across years of use rather than a glaze doing it on day one. Every pot that left his kiln was made to order, one commission at a time, which is why there is no quality gradient in his work and no bin of identical examples to compare against.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eAt 18 inches across and 3 inches deep this is a wide, shallow round, and that proportion asks for a developed root system spread sideways rather than a tree still building depth. Mature deciduous material or a group planting, rather than a conifer that wants soil mass. Unglazed is the convention for trees with bark worth looking at, and on a Suzan the clay is the argument rather than the backdrop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;flex:1 1 100%;align-self:stretch;box-sizing:border-box;border-top:2px solid #BA7918;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eDiameter\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003e18 in\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eDepth\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003e3 in\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eShape\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;\"\u003eRound\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eKiln\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;text-align:right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\" style=\"color:#BA7918;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:6px;text-decoration-thickness:1px;\"\u003eSuzuki Suzan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:2px solid #3C5745;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eFinish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;\"\u003eUnglazed\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:18px;font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:10px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#A8A5A0;\"\u003ePot #270\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bonsai Den","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44072006090870,"sku":null,"price":900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/6491\/1222\/files\/4D4A0270_1.jpg?v=1787864060"},{"product_id":"large-rectangular-unglazed-japanese-bonsai-pot-suzuki-suzan-kiln-chop-signature-flat-rim-bottom-border","title":"17x13x4.5 Inch Suzuki Suzan Rectangle Bonsai Pot #255 – Bottom Border, Unglazed, Chop Mark","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:60ch;margin:0 0 32px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eA large unglazed rectangle from \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\"\u003eSuzuki Suzan\u003c\/a\u003e with a flat rim and a border running around the bottom of the body. Those two details do quiet work. The flat rim finishes the top edge without adding visual weight to it, and the bottom border gives the eye a line to stop on, so a pot this size does not read as a plain box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eHis clay is the reason collectors know the name. Suzan worked outside Tokoname, in the suburbs of Nagoya, without the great ceramic clay deposit the Tokoname potters were sitting on, so he solved the problem himself: imported material, refined over years, until he had strength without the weight that normally comes with it. Pick up one of his pots and the mass is not where you expect it. He left nearly all his work unglazed, and the chop on the base is the mark to check.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eAt 17 by 13 inches and 4.5 inches deep this is a large pot with real root volume, deeper than most of his rectangles. That suits a conifer or any tree carrying weight above the soil rather than a finished specimen in a shallow display. The elongated footprint reads formally and pairs naturally with a strong upright trunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;flex:1 1 100%;align-self:stretch;box-sizing:border-box;border-top:2px solid #BA7918;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003e17 × 13 × 4.5 in\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eShape\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;\"\u003eRectangle\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eKiln\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;text-align:right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\" style=\"color:#BA7918;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:6px;text-decoration-thickness:1px;\"\u003eSuzuki Suzan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:2px solid #3C5745;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eFinish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;\"\u003eUnglazed\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:18px;font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:10px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#A8A5A0;\"\u003ePot #255\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bonsai Den","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44072006221942,"sku":null,"price":875.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/6491\/1222\/files\/4D4A0255_036a9b82-f06b-4a93-b9a5-4421c7113e65.jpg?v=1787855952"},{"product_id":"large-oval-unglazed-japanese-bonsai-pot-suzuki-suzan-kiln-chop-hand-placed-rivets-smooth-finish-bold-form","title":"2.5 Inch Deep Suzuki Suzan Oval Bonsai Pot #241 – Hand Placed Rivets, Unglazed, Chop Mark","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:60ch;margin:0 0 32px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eHand-placed rivets, which alongside the bamboo band is the detail \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\"\u003eSuzuki Suzan\u003c\/a\u003e is best known for. Each one was set individually rather than moulded in, and on an oval they have to follow a curve, so a run that stays even all the way round is harder to bring off than the same run on a straight wall. The form is bold and the surface left smooth, so the rivets are the only thing on the pot asking for attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eSuzan worked in a clay body he developed himself, imported and refined over years, chasing strength without the weight that usually comes with it. His pots feel lighter than they look, and almost all of his output is unglazed for the same reason: the clay was the point. Every piece was made to order rather than produced in runs, which is why they are genuinely scarce now. The chop is on the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eAt 2.5 inches deep this is a shallow oval. That depth is for a root system already developed and no longer needing volume, for a forest or group planting, or for a wide deciduous tree where the pot should read as a plane under the canopy. A pot this shallow also dries faster than a deeper one, which is worth knowing before you plant into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;flex:1 1 100%;align-self:stretch;box-sizing:border-box;border-top:2px solid #BA7918;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eDepth\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003e2.5 in\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eShape\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;\"\u003eOval\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eKiln\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;text-align:right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\" style=\"color:#BA7918;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:6px;text-decoration-thickness:1px;\"\u003eSuzuki Suzan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:2px solid #3C5745;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eFinish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;\"\u003eUnglazed\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:18px;font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:10px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#A8A5A0;\"\u003ePot #281\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bonsai Den","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44072006353014,"sku":null,"price":785.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/6491\/1222\/files\/4D4A0242.jpg?v=1787854090"},{"product_id":"large-square-unglazed-japanese-bonsai-pot-suzuki-suzan-kiln-double-chop-nail-signature-beveled-corners-handcarved-smooth-competition-quality","title":"9x9x5 Inch Suzuki Suzan Square Bonsai Pot #136 – Beveled Corners, Unglazed, Double Chop \u0026 Nail Signed","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:60ch;margin:0 0 32px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eA square unglazed pot from \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\"\u003eSuzuki Suzan\u003c\/a\u003e, hand-carved with beveled corners. Suzan spent his career on a clay body of his own, imported and refined until it had structural strength without the mass that usually comes with it, which is why his pots tend to feel lighter in the hand than their size suggests. He left most of his work unglazed. When the clay is the achievement, covering it makes little sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 1.1em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eThe corners are the detail to look at. Beveling a square means cutting the edge back cleanly on all four sides with nothing to hide behind afterwards, and the smooth finish here invites exactly that inspection. It carries a double chop and a nail signature, the signature scratched into the clay by hand before firing rather than pressed in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eAt 9 inches square and 5 inches deep this is a deep pot for its footprint. That depth is root volume, which suits a conifer, a literati trunk, or anything else where the tree needs the soil more than the composition needs to spread sideways. A square reads formal, so it pairs with a trunk confident enough to stand up to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;flex:1 1 100%;align-self:stretch;box-sizing:border-box;border-top:2px solid #BA7918;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003e9 × 9 × 5 in\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eShape\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;\"\u003eSquare\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(60,87,69,.42);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eKiln\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;text-align:right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/suzuki-suzan-the-potter-who-went-looking-for-better-clay\" style=\"color:#BA7918;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:6px;text-decoration-thickness:1px;\"\u003eSuzuki Suzan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:48px;padding:17px 0;border-bottom:2px solid #3C5745;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3C5745;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eFinish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Newsreader',serif;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;color:rgba(0,0,0,.82);text-align:right;\"\u003eUnglazed\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:18px;font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:10px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#A8A5A0;\"\u003ePot #136\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bonsai Den","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44073157230710,"sku":null,"price":2450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/6491\/1222\/files\/4D4A0136_7fc6c5cc-e014-4904-b0d3-0da71029a3d1.jpg?v=1787867374"},{"product_id":"vintage-unglazed-square-bonsai-pot-9-handcarved-double-chop","title":"Vintage Unglazed Square Bonsai Pot 9\" Handcarved Double Chop","description":"\u003cp\u003eSuzuki Suzan | Japan | Unglazed | Square | beveled corners, competition quality, Smooth texture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is one of those pots that stops you mid-scroll. Nine inches square with a 5\" depth, it sits in that ideal range for a substantial formal upright or a wide-spreading informal — plenty of real estate for serious nebari to breathe. The unglazed surface is handcarved, and the texture has that deliberate, worked quality you only get from a potter who knew exactly what they were doing. The beveled corners are crisp and confident, keeping the silhouette clean without softening it into something generic. This reads competition-quality in every dimension: the geometry is tight, the proportions are considered, and the footprint has the kind of authority that makes a strong tree look stronger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe maker is unknown, but the pot is signed — double chop with a nail signature, which puts it solidly in the serious-collector tier regardless of attribution. Whoever threw and carved this had a practiced hand and apparently wanted credit for it. If you're someone who thinks hard about what goes under a show tree, this deserves a serious look.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 9\" × 9\" × 5\" deep\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of a kind — exactly one available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bonsai Den","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49093680660598,"sku":"136","price":2562.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/6491\/1222\/files\/4D4A0136_9d9240bb-6d22-466a-96ea-e532deb79a50.jpg?v=1792618854"},{"product_id":"suzuki-suzan-rectangle-bonsai-pot-12-special-commission-triple-stamp","title":"Suzuki Suzan Rectangle Bonsai Pot | 12\" Special Commission Triple Stamp","description":"\u003cp\u003eSuzuki Suzan | Japan | Unglazed | Rectangle | Extended rim, special comision signature, bottom border\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuzuki Suzan pieces are already worth hunting down, but a special commission with a triple stamp is a different conversation entirely. This large rectangle — 12\" L x 9.5\" W x 3\" D — carries Suzan's hand-carved work along with an extended rim and a bottom border detail that frame the piece with real intention. These aren't afterthoughts; the carving and border treatment read as part of a cohesive design rather than decoration stacked on top of a standard form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe triple stamp on a commission piece is the kind of provenance detail that makes a pot documentable in a collection. At this footprint, you're looking at something that could carry a substantial informal or a well-developed shohin planting with authority. The pot is unglazed, as Suzan preferred - when the clay itself is the achievement, covering it makes little sense. The bare surface takes on patina well and will keep deepening with watering and use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 12\" × 9.5\" × 3\" deep\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of a kind — exactly one available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bonsai Den","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49093697470582,"sku":"162","price":918.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/6491\/1222\/files\/4D4A0162_d12a24dc-f645-412c-9625-0d933eb53b98.jpg?v=1792619456"},{"product_id":"suzuki-suzan-unglazed-drum-bonsai-pot-rare-chop-mark","title":"Suzuki Suzan Unglazed Drum Bonsai Pot – Rare Chop Mark","description":"\u003cp\u003eSuzuki Suzan | Japan | Unglazed | Drum | nail head, incised corner, flat rim\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuzuki Suzan pieces are hard enough to find — a chop-marked example in this drum form is genuinely rare, and Eric flagged it that way for a reason. The pot is unglazed, letting the clay body carry all the weight, and the hand-placed rivets and incised corner detail tell you this wasn't a production afterthought. The nail head is clean and intentional. Flat rim, honest construction throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe circumference runs 11.5\". The chop mark is clear. If you've been hunting for a Suzan with documentation and presence, this one checks the boxes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 11.5\" circumference\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of a kind — exactly one available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bonsai Den","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49093698715766,"sku":"187","price":642.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/6491\/1222\/files\/4D4A0187_4490e386-4ac5-4967-ad0a-a4c662305be2.jpg?v=1792619596"},{"product_id":"suzuki-suzan-hand-carved-square-unglazed-bonsai-pot-16","title":"Suzuki Suzan Hand Carved Square Unglazed Bonsai Pot 16\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eSuzuki Suzan | Japan | Unglazed | Square | hand carved windows, hand carved from a solid block of clay, incised corner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are carved pots, and then there is this. Suzuki Suzan worked this piece from a solid block of clay — no slab construction, no mold — and what he left behind are walls so thin they feel almost improbable given the scale. At 16\" x 15.5\" with an 11\" depth, this is a commanding presence, the kind of pot that anchors a large formal planting or stands on its own as a sculptural object. The incised corners are clean and deliberate, the kind of detail that reads as confident rather than decorative. And the hand carved windows are exactly right — not a chip, not a crack, the openings crisp and precise in a way that makes you appreciate just how unforgiving that process is. One wrong move carving into raw clay at this wall thickness and you're done. He didn't make a wrong move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe unglazed surface has the warmth and quiet authority you'd expect from a piece of this caliber — the clay body doing the work without any glaze to lean on. Chop mark present. This one is, without exaggeration, a show stopper: one of a kind, vintage, and exactly the kind of pot that doesn't come back around once it's gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 16\" × 15.5\" × 11\" deep\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of a kind — exactly one available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bonsai Den","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49093699305590,"sku":"212","price":6550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/6491\/1222\/files\/4D4A0212_afd58352-6dd6-4a65-884f-8276327f108e.jpg?v=1792619732"},{"product_id":"suzuki-suzan-vintage-unglazed-rectangle-bonsai-pot-17","title":"Suzuki Suzan Vintage Unglazed Rectangle Bonsai Pot 17\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eSuzuki Suzan | Japan | Unglazed | Rectangle | heavy patina, Flat rim, Smooth texture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuzuki Suzan pots don't come up often, and when they do, you want the ones that look like this. The unglazed clay has developed an incredible depth of color over the years — the kind of rich, layered tone that only comes from decades of use and time, not something you can fake or rush. Up close, the surface reads almost warm, with that complex patina that serious collectors chase in aged stoneware.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe form is classic and confident: a flat rim, smooth texture, and crisp square-cut feet that give it a grounded, architectural stance. At 17\" x 13\" x 4\", this is a substantial rectangle — generous enough to carry a mature informal upright or a wide-spreading literati, with a footprint that will balance the planting well. The throwing is assured and the proportions feel considered rather than formulaic. Chop-signed on the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA handmade, chop-marked Suzan in this size with this kind of patina is a legitimate find. Priced at $725.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 17\" × 13\" × 4\" deep\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of a kind — exactly one available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bonsai Den","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49093701435510,"sku":"228","price":725.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/6491\/1222\/files\/4D4A0228.jpg?v=1792619893"},{"product_id":"suzuki-suzan-vintage-rectangle-bonsai-pot-17-unglazed","title":"Suzuki Suzan Vintage Rectangle Bonsai Pot 17\" Unglazed","description":"\u003cp\u003eSuzuki Suzan | Japan | Unglazed | Rectangle | bottom border, Flat rim\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuzuki Suzan pieces at this scale don't show up often, and this one delivers. A large unglazed rectangle — 17\" L x 13\" W x 4.5\" D — with flared walls that give it a commanding, slightly assertive presence without feeling heavy. The bottom border adds a clean visual anchor, and the cut feet are confident and well-proportioned, the kind of foot design that earns its place rather than just being there. The flat rim is crisp and ready to do its job. Unglazed Suzan work tends to show beautiful raw clay character, and a pot this size is genuinely suited to carrying a substantial formal upright or a wide, spreading literati — the footprint is there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChop signed on the base. Condition consistent with age and proper use in a serious collection. This is the kind of pot that becomes the anchor of a display, not a gap-filler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e$725\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 17\" × 13\" × 4.5\" deep\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of a kind — exactly one available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bonsai Den","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49093702582390,"sku":"255","price":725.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/6491\/1222\/files\/4D4A0255.jpg?v=1792620025"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/6491\/1222\/collections\/4D4A0213.jpg?v=1789839142","url":"https:\/\/bonsaiden.com\/collections\/suzuki-suzan.oembed","provider":"Bonsai Den","version":"1.0","type":"link"}