A footed cup with a flared rim, standing like a small chalice. Deep red-brown clay is flecked with dark iron, and on two sides the ash has melted into golden blooms that run toward the foot. The handle carries a row of thumb-pressed dimples along its top, and inside, a small pool of ash glass has gathered at the centre.
Unglazed Bizen stoneware, wood-fired in one continuous firing near Bizen, Okayama (GPS 34.7456°N, 134.1894°E). Its colour and markings are kiln transformation (yōhen) — the record of earth and flame in a single moment, not a pattern anyone chose. One of a kind, shaped by human hands, and impossible to reproduce. Traceable to the kiln that made it.
Dimensions
Capacity: 160 ml
Height: 96 mm
Width: 114 mm (including handle)
Mouth: 76 mm
Weight: 210 g
Fragile by nature and packed for the journey. Ships worldwide from Japan.
