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vintage Japanese bird guinomi sake cup by Kamei Asao
vintage Japanese bird guinomi sake cup by Kamei Asao
vintage Japanese bird guinomi sake cup by Kamei Asao
vintage Japanese bird guinomi sake cup by Kamei Asao
vintage Japanese bird guinomi sake cup by Kamei Asao
vintage Japanese bird guinomi sake cup by Kamei Asao
vintage Japanese bird guinomi sake cup by Kamei Asao
vintage Japanese bird guinomi sake cup by Kamei Asao

vintage Japanese bird guinomi sake cup by Kamei Asao

$78.00

A plump little bird on fine legs decorates this guinomi (sake cup), painted in loose black brushstrokes against a muted rose-brown glaze. Made for small pours of sake, it is the work of Kyoto-born potter Kamei Asao, who trained under ceramic artist Kawamura Kitarō. It comes with its signed wooden presentation box.

ceramic cup; wooden presentation box.

5.5 × 6 cm (order as supplied).

sourced in Japan.