Onta Ware Fushi Glaze Vase - 9 cm / 小鹿田焼 花瓶 b29.5.24 while the accompanying tray catches

while the accompanying tray catches the ash below

600 ml to 650 ml

The other sake cup is with the motif of ume

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Onta Ware Fushi Glaze Vase - 9 cm / 小鹿田焼 花瓶 b29.5.24 while the accompanying tray catchesTo reach the village of Onta ware, you travel into the mountains of Hita, Oita Prefecture. Before seeing the kilns, you hear them. The soft, rhythmic sound of karausu traditional water powered wooden mills echoes through the valley as they slowly crush the local clay. It is a sound that seems to belong to the landscape itself, and a sign that you have arrived in Sarayama, the small pottery village where Onta ware has been made for around 300 years.