Japanese Bizen Ware Yunomi Tea Cup Pair Wood Fired Hidasuki Goma Ash Glaze Showa 3"H Lacquerware embodying the grace and minimalism

embodying the grace and minimalism of Japanese design aesthetics

combining mineral-pigment watercolor with applied gold leaf to render Fuji rising from a sea of clouds against a saturated golden sky

It is has a warm tan base clay imprinted with stamps of triangular flowers with a white and gray glaze over that

Hand-painted blue and white porcelain plate depicting a classical Japanese mountain landscape with tiled-roof farmhouse

vermilion accents—with documentary captions that frame the scene as a “Kagoshima War record

Japanese Bizen Ware Yunomi Tea Cup Pair Wood Fired Hidasuki Goma Ash Glaze Showa 3"H Lacquerware embodying the grace and minimalismVintage Japanese Showa Era Bizen Ware Yunomi Tea Cup Pair Wood Fired Hidasuki Goma Ash Glaze Japan Okayama Prefecture, mid to late Showa era A well matched pair of Japanese Bizen ware yunomi () tea cups, wood fired in the unglazed Bizen tradition and bearing the characteristic surface effects of kiln atmosphere and flame each cup displaying a distinct but related palette of warm iron red, deep purple brown, and grey green goma (sesame ash) glaze