Japanese Kutani Covered Tea Bowl w/Saucer
- pieces are delicately hand painted
- colors are vibrant, gold is nice and bright
- Moriage technique used throughout the pieces
- rim of bowl, cover and saucer are decorated with an unusual red, green, black and gold design that distinguishes the piece
- tea bowl is footed and has two handles, it measures 4" across without the handles and 5 1/2" across with the handles
- cover has a decorated knob and inside rim so it sits well on the tea bowl, measures 4 3/8" across
- saucer measure 5 7/8" across
- all pieces are in very good vintage condition
- no chips, cracks or crazing
- some slight wear of design in places and on handles
- bowl and lid have some marks on the interior or reverse side from the manufacturing/glazing process
- bowl and saucer are marked, lid is not--mark is done in gold on red
This set is spectacular in design and somewhat rare.