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Japanese-made porcelain
The title is Sometsuke Kikuwarikoshimon Guinomi (染付菊割格子文ぐい呑).
This is a sake cup created by Takamori Seiji.
With ice cracks in the gap of the chrysanthemum flower, completing this picture needs painstaking works.
Height : 5.1 cm
Diameter : 6.5 cm
He has learned pottery and colored porcelain at three places in Karatsu, Kyoto, and Arita. All process of works are made by hand between shaping with the pottery wheel, glazing and overglaze painting.