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Japanese-made porcelain
The title is Washizome Shimamon Rock Glass (和紙染縞文ロックグラス).
This is a cup created by Nakao Hidezumi.
It's similar to tumbler, so wide in its mouth and short that it matches wiskey on ice.
He attached pieces of traditional papers to the body and expressed the stripe pattern.
This glass have a feature of contrast between with margin and indigo color by washizome.
Washizome technique :
Tearing absorbent paper called washi to pieces.
Making such papers layers to produce the pattern while giving out color gradation.
Height : 8.1 cm
Diameter : 7.8 cm
He cuts water-absorbent Japanese washi to the proper size, places the paper on unglazed pottery, and soaks it with cobalt blue color. The works affect us with a soft impression.