Mishimade Sake Cup Sai Ryūki
三島 猪口 崔龍熈
£65.00 per item
A ceramic sake cup with mishimade details by Sai Ryūki in Kyoto.
This sake cup is skillfully made by Sai Ryūki in Kyoto. The surface is decorated using Mishimade, a technique in which patterns are incised into the clay and filled with white slip. A stamped flower at the base of the cup adds a playful detail to the natural grey tones of the clay.
Born in 1986 in Kyoto, Sai studied at the Faculty of Environmental Design at Osaka Sangyō University, graduating in 2009. He completed the ceramics course at the Kyoto City Institute of Technology and Industry in 2010, followed by studies at the Kyoto Prefectural Technical College of Ceramics in 2013. After graduating, he apprenticed with contemporary ceramic artist Kondō Takahiro and established his own practice in 2019.
Sai’s work is inspired by Joseon ceramics, reflected in his use of decorative techniques such as kohiki (when white slip is applied to a clay body and covered with a translucent glaze), hakeme (when a coarse brush is drawn through thick white slip), and Mishimade.
As each piece is handmade, there might be individual differences.
Approx φ7.9 x 6 cm
Kansai
The Kansai region includes the second-most populated metropolitan area in Japan with its largest city Osaka. Kyoto and Nara, two of Japan’s former capital cities, are home to important temples and shrines and strongholds of intangible cultural heritage, such as the Kyoto textile weaving skills of Nishijin.
