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Botan Karakusa Hai Maru (牡丹唐草杯丸)
This is a Mikawachi ware cup which Satomi-san has created.
It's a picture with peony and coiled vine design called "botan karakusa-e."
That's made with brush-painted designs in underglaze cobalt blue.
It is a cup drawn with delicate lines contained ingredients of "gosu."
Cup :
Height : 3.6 cm
Diameter : 6.4 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.