A footed tumbler in pale cream clay, with lines of flame running straight down from the rim like falling rain. These are hidasuki — 'fire cords' — where rice straw was laid over the piece before firing and burned away, leaving the clay beneath a deep scarlet. The rim itself is ringed in red, a single long line crosses the far side, and the stepped foot carries a dusting of ash and one last stroke of fire. Inside, throwing rings and fine iron flecks line the walls.
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: 240 ml
Height: 110 mm
Width: 92 mm
Mouth: 78 mm
Weight: 210 g
Fragile by nature and packed for the journey. Ships worldwide from Japan.
