crackleware; crackled pottery
Ceramics term for pottery with intentional crackle patterns in the glaze, created during firing.
This vase is made using the crackleware technique.
Crackleware tea bowls have a distinctive texture.
Standard kanji spelling using 罅 (crack) and 焼き (firing).
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; ひび is the common kana for 'crack'.
Compound of 罅 (ひび, 'crack') and 焼き (やき, 'firing, baking'), literally 'crack firing'. The term describes pottery intentionally fired to produce crackle patterns in the glaze.