Grapes Crystal Carving Porcelain Yunomi - 190ml

This delicate porcelain yunomi (teacup) has a classic cylindrical 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.