Grapes Crystal Carving Porcelain Teapot - 250ml

This delicate porcelain kyusu (teapot) has a classic shape and is decorated with hand-painted grape leaves in a layered combination of both blue underglaze painting (sometsuke - 染付) and coloured overglaze enamel painting (iro-e - 色絵). Instead of being painted, the grapes in the motif are punched and filled using Tanshin Kiln's signature suisho-bori (crystal carving) openwork style. Each hand-punched grape is filled with a crystal clear transparent glaze, giving the piece a bright and airy appearance. The kyusu has a built-in porcelain debeso strainer.