Floral Carving Japanese Tea Set MAKER_Kakinuma Ningyo This highly versatile blue and

This highly versatile blue and white soba choko cup features a mesh pattern in indigo

organically stretching upward to create balance between structure and spontaneity

singing songs

and diamond patterns

Floral Carving Japanese Tea Set MAKER_Kakinuma Ningyo This highly versatile blue andFinished in shidei (purple clay) hue with a calm, understated sheen, this Banko ware teapot and two teacups set comes from a historic pottery region neighboring Tokoname, long regarded as one of Japans centers for fine tea ware. Each piece is thrown on the potters wheel and finished with precise, balanced lines. The surface is decorated using a traditional technique called biri: as the wheel turns, the potter carves the clay with a small plane,