A footed tumbler with a clean, flaring cone — light and poised, almost like a cocktail glass in clay. The body fired to a pale, creamy sand, brushed with soft blushes of peach and flame where the fire passed close: drops along the rim, a long diagonal stroke across one side, a warm cloud gathering at the waist. The foot burned to a deep, glossy coral. Inside, a single red mark sits at the very 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
Capacity: 140 ml
Height: 105 mm
Width: 87 mm
Mouth: 76 mm
Weight: 200 g
Fragile by nature and packed for the journey. Ships worldwide from Japan.
