Description
(Size) : Diameter 5.5 x Height 4.5 cm / 2.16 x 1.77 inch
(Material) : Porcelain
(Origin) : Made in Japan / Kiyomizu yaki
(Condition) : Brand new
(Note) :
An auspicious owl sake cup.
Owls perch also have colorful flower blooms and very gorgeous.
Owls(Fukurou) are with the rhymes of their names 不苦労(Fukurou). (Never know hard life.)
Also, wrote 福来郎, and known as happiness coming or keeping happiness.
It is said that their are a wise man of the forest and is a god of wisdom, a wise bird with foresight.
Owls whose heads rotate 360 degrees are said “Never have trouble with money”, and popular among merchants.
Kiyomizu is one of the traditional crafts that represent Kyoto,originally started in the pottery of Kiyomizu Slope neighborhood toward Kiyomizu-dera.
Pottery and porcelain made in Kyoto is generally known as Kyo-style ceramics,Kiyomizu ware.
The splendor and refined elegance of Kyo-style-ceramics,Kiyomizu ware is created based on sophisticated design and various proficient skills.
History of pottery and porcelain in Kyoto started more than 1,200 years ago,in Nara period.
A Buddhist priest, Gyoki built a kiln and made earthenware in Seikanji.
Now the ruins of the temple is called "Chawan-zaka".
Kyo-style ceramics, Kiyomizu ware products are mostly handmade and the feature of that is in wide variety in small quantity.
- Weight:
- 500.00 Grams
