Great Gourd Cup - Crafted By Bunzo Kiln Large Plate Kousei Kobayashi forms and glazes

Kousei Kobayashi forms and glazes each bowl by hand in Japan

It holds heat well

Formed from Japanese pottery and finished with a hand-applied glaze

Chojuro kiln works in the hand-painted tradition

Koyo Kiln is based in Saga

Great Gourd Cup - Crafted By Bunzo Kiln Large Plate Kousei Kobayashi forms and glazesGlazed and fired by hand, this sake cup holds the quiet character of something made individually not uniform, not repeated exactly, but consistent in weight and presence. It is the kind of piece that improves with use. Bunzo Kiln forms and glazes each sake cup by hand in Japan, working at a pace that allows every piece to be made individually. The result is a sake cup that carries the marks of its making never perfectly uniform, always consistent in