NAKAMURA TOSHITO Kutani Ware Sake Cup - Sparrows with Camellia / 九谷焼 酒カップ 作者/都築陶化 allowing the pattern to cast

allowing the pattern to cast a beautiful glow

the gently rounded base allows for a subtle rocking motion—an unexpected and beautiful element that adds life and balance to the form

introduced by Shiro Mizuta in 1913

and fine strokes of colour scattered like the first signs of the season

NAKAMURA TOSHITO Kutani Ware Sake Cup - Sparrows with Camellia / 九谷焼 酒カップ 作者/都築陶化 allowing the pattern to castThe camellia blooms softly on this cupdelicate pink against whitewhile the two sparrows seem drawn to its presence, as if spring has just arrived in their world. Each cup carries its own hand painted variation, so the flowers and birds shift slightly from piece to piece, a reminder that nothing handmade is ever quite the same twice. It's the kind of cup that makes you slow down with your drink. (Fukura Suzumezu), meaning "Plump Sparrows Illustration",