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Lot 324 · Ceramics · H 9 cm酒器・茶器
YUNOMI TEA CUP “BUTTERFLIES”
Estimate
6 000 – 8 000 ₽
- Original box (tomobako)
- Named master
- Master
Mitsutaka.
- Material
Bizen ceramics, dense iron-rich clay, hand-formed.
- Period
Second half of the 20th century.
- Dimensions
Height — 9 cm.
- Description
YunomiYunomi 湯呑 — a traditional tall cup (a cup without a handle) for everyday drinking of hot green tea. tea cup with a stylized relief image of a butterfly on the body.
- Marks
On the unglazed foot, a clear impressed artist’s seal of the master Mitsutaka.
- Contents
TomobakoTomobako 共箱 — an authentic box of valuable, seasoned wood (often paulownia), made specially for a particular piece. On the lid the master or owner personally inscribes in ink the calligraphic title of the object, his signature and the impression of a personal seal. It is the principal certificate of authenticity. box.