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Kikuhagi Meotochawan (菊萩夫婦茶碗)
This is a Mikawachi ware bowl which Satomi-san has created.
Two kinds of flower are drawn by paint color, such as bush clovers and chrysanthemum.
It's easy to hold a bowl, because there's a step at the belly part of it.
Cup :
Height : 5.6 cm
Diameter : 12.2 cm
Height : 6.5 cm
Diameter : 12.8 cm
Toshitaka-san is the eighth generation potter of the Kakusho-gama that has a history over 400 years. He makes plain blue painting of sometsuke by hand-painting that's exactly the characteristic of Mikawachi ware.