A round sake bottle in pale peach and cream, drawn across with fine black lines as if by a brush — marks left by the fire and smoke where the piece met the kiln. A smoky grey cloud rests low on one side, and on the other the ash has settled into a speckled bloom of iron spots and a fine crackle. The small rolled lip pours cleanly.
Its cup comes from the same firing: a waisted form with a single dark line circling it like a horizon, a blush of apricot flame, and small pressed feet at the base. Inside, a soft grey mark sits 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
Sake bottle: H 120 mm × W 93 mm (mouth 24 mm), 300 ml, 300 g
Cup: H 49 mm × W 61 mm (mouth 58 mm), 75 ml, 90 g
Fragile by nature and packed for the journey. Ships worldwide from Japan.
