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Japanese-made pottery
The title is Hagi Guinomi Biwa (萩ぐい呑枇杷).
This is a sake cup created by Okada Yasushi.
The cup has traditional loquat color in Hagi ware.
The quality called "tsuchiaji" is soft, deep sense of touch like texture.
And "warikodai", split foot, is one of the traditional design and the pattern like coarce texture appears.
Height : 4.0 cm
Diameter : 8.0 cm
Yasushi-san has majored in sculpture at the Tokyo Zokei University. He grew up in the traditional Hagi ware pottery, then he simply creates a new trend in ceramic art.