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Sometsuke Kuromaron Chimon Kogo (染付黒マロン地文香合)
This is the Arita ware crafted by NAKAO, Ryuzumi (中尾龍純).
Chimon means that it's filled with the patterns like shippo cloisonné, koshi lattice and other designs.
Mixing a few ingredients, he developed the original pigment called gosu.
Height : 4 cm
Diameter : 8.5 cm
He pursues the beauty of sometsuke. That’s pretty impressive to paint the entire surface of the vessel with auspicious patterns.