Kyo Kiyomizu yaki ware Mug Cofee Tea Cup Japan Red on sale White Glaze Handcraft Kyoto

(Size)   : Diameter 8 x Height 8.5 cm  / 3.14 x 3.34 inch
(Capacity) : 300ml
(Material) :  Pottery 
(Origin) : Made in Japan / Kiyomizu yaki 
(Condition) : Brand new
(Note) : 
Auspicious red and white cup.
Soft pottery mug with 貫入(craz).
Red and white are simple and elegant
It is thin mug, and it is shaped like a flower bud.
The contrast between vivid vermilion and neat white is beautiful.
With box
Kiyomizu is one of the traditional crafts that represent Kyoto,originally started in the pottery of Kiyomizu Slope neighborhood toward theKiyomizu-dera.
 Pottery and porcelain made in Kyoto is generally known as Kyo-style ceramics,Kiyomizu ware. 
The splendor and refined elegance of Kyo-style-ceramics,Kiyomizu ware is created based on sophisticated design and various proficient skills.
 History of pottery and porcelain in Kyoto started on sale more than 1,200 years ago,in Nara period.
 A Buddhist preist, Gyoki built a kiln and made earthenware in Seikanji.
 Now the ruins of the temple is called "Chawan-zaka". 
Kyo-style ceramics, Kiyomizu ware products are mostly handmade and the feature of that is in wide variety in small quantity.