NAKAMURA TOSHITO Kutani Ware Tea Cup - Friendly Sparrows / 九谷焼 湯呑 窯元/花九谷 nuanced tones beautifully enhance the

nuanced tones beautifully enhance the colours of ingredients

and the essential oil and wood powder used here carry its full character — cool and clarifying at first

inspired by the graceful movements of a dance fan

■ Colours (Chopsticks Rests): Blue and Red

refined form

NAKAMURA TOSHITO Kutani Ware Tea Cup - Friendly Sparrows / 九谷焼 湯呑 窯元/花九谷 nuanced tones beautifully enhance theTwo sparrows rest on a delicate branch, their rounded forms painted with such care that you can almost feel their quiet presence. The russet brown of their heads contrasts gently with their cream bellies, rendered in soft washes that bring them fully to life. Nakamura's brush has captured something essential about their comfort in each other's companyand holding this cup becomes an act of witnessing that gentle companionship. (Fukura Suzumezu),