Bizen Mitsumata Ryu Guinomi

This new Bizen three-headed dragon sake cup is the work of Koji Nakahara, who studied under Fumio Kawabata and strives to create crafts that suit modern life. The cup, inspired by the legendary kaiju King Ghidorah, showcases Mr. Nakahara's signature unique ingenuity. With finely detailed scales, horns, and manes, the intricate design is so captivating that you might forget to drink your sake just to keep admiring it—truly a vessel designed not just for drinking, but for enjoying the experience of drinking. The piece is finished with a beautiful silver glaze that, combined with the white-gray clay body, makes it look as if it has been coated in platinum. The overall texture is pleasantly rough, which, together with the mysterious, faintly gleaming surface, is a perfect match for the three-headed dragon design. Signed paulownia box to be provided at a later date (due to the box maker's schedule, delivery will be from January of next year onward).
Diameter of the cup portion: 6.8cm × 6.4cm; height including the dragon: 7.2cm Koji Nakahara was born in Osaka Prefecture in 1978. He graduated from the Advanced Course at Nara College of Arts in 2000 and the Bizen Pottery Center in 2001. In the same year, he began his apprenticeship under Fumio Kawabata, and in 2007, he joined the Kaneshige Ritoen studio. Since then, he has actively exhibited his work at the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition and various other public exhibitions. He is currently an associate member of the Japan Kōgei Association.