Description
(Size) : Diameter 7.5 x Height 8.5 cm / Diameter 2.95 x Height 3.34 inch
(Material) : Porcelain
(Origin) : Made in Japan / Kyo Kiyomizu yaki ware
(Condition) : Brand new
(Craft) : Kyosen Kiln
(Note) :
This is a teacup carefully depicting the scene of “Suma” in the Tale of Genji.
Since it is made by hand with potter's wheel and it is painted by hand with each stroke, the expression will be different each one.
Dyed porcelain Kiyomizu ware is green tea color comes out beautifully.
Hand washing only
Kiyomizu is one of the traditional crafts that represent Kyoto, originally started in the pottery of Shimizu Slope neighborhood toward the 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 1,200years ago,in Nara period. A Buddhist preist, Gyoki built a kiln and 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.
This product shipping weight 500g.
- Weight:
- 500.00 Grams
