Do refers to the whole side of a vessel, the main part connecting shoulder to waist. It is the single largest element deciding a vessel's form and presence.
What to look at
How the body swells, curves, or rises vertically changes the expression of a vessel substantially. Glaze flow, painting, throwing marks, and distortion all concentrate here.
In practice
It appears constantly as basic vocabulary in assessing a vessel — the keshiki of the body, the swell of the body.
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