Japanese Bizen Ware Yunomi Tea Cup Pair Wood Fired Hidasuki Goma Ash Glaze Showa 3"H Lacquerware combining mineral-pigment watercolor with applied

combining mineral-pigment watercolor with applied gold leaf to render Fuji rising from a sea of clouds against a saturated golden sky

Condition - Please look at photo details for repairs made of the century on this beautiful example of boro fabric

that is called katazome seen on the back side patches

It is has a warm tan base clay imprinted with stamps of triangular flowers with a white and gray glaze over that

vermilion accents—with documentary captions that frame the scene as a “Kagoshima War record

Japanese Bizen Ware Yunomi Tea Cup Pair Wood Fired Hidasuki Goma Ash Glaze Showa 3"H Lacquerware combining mineral-pigment watercolor with appliedVintage Japanese Showa Era Bizen Ware Yunomi Tea Cup Pair Wood Fired Hidasuki Goma Ash Glaze Japan Okayama Prefecture, mid to late Showa era A well matched pair of Japanese Bizen ware yunomi () tea cups, wood fired in the unglazed Bizen tradition and bearing the characteristic surface effects of kiln atmosphere and flame each cup displaying a distinct but related palette of warm iron red, deep purple brown, and grey green goma (sesame ash) glaze