Japanese Green-Glazed Ceramic Coffee Cup Set | With Wooden Box

This Japanese green-glazed ceramic coffee set takes a warm, quiet green glaze as its keynote, with dark rims on the cups and saucers, creating a very elegant Japanese retro atmosphere. The cups are simple and solid in form, with steady proportions; instead of showy decoration, the visual focus is the depth of the glaze itself and the texture of the pottery. This design fits the aesthetic common to Japanese wares: understated, enduring and practical, revealing more of its character the more it is used. Five cups and saucers can be seen in the set, neatly matched, and it is kept in a wooden box, adding to its completeness and collectibility. The green glaze shows subtle color differences in different light, with soft natural variations from bluish green and pea green to a greyish jade green; so even within one set, each cup retains slight differences from handwork and firing, one of the most charming aspects of pottery. (The wooden box is damaged and held together with tape.)

Price NT$ 2,300 ≈ US$ 73(Approximate amount; actual prices are in New Taiwan Dollars)
Dimensions
L 5.5 × W 5.5 × H 6 cm
Box Dimensions (Tomobako)
L 28 × W 29 × H 12 cm
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Features

◆ Mellow Green Glaze

A soft green glaze dominates: comfortable to look at and never harsh, it suits wooden tabletops, tatami, a tea gathering or a Japanese-style café.

Green also combines easily with natural wood, rattan, black ironwork and dark lacquerware, which makes it very useful in practice.

◆ Dark Rims on Cup and Saucer

The cup rim and saucer edge are finished in a dark tone, which keeps the whole from looking plain and defines the outline of each form.

This detail gives the set a plain Japanese character with a touch of the modern, so it fits both retro and contemporary interiors.

◆ Complete Cup-and-Saucer Set

The coffee cups come with saucers, which looks more complete than cups alone and suits formal entertaining, afternoon coffee, serving with dessert or use in a shop.

Laid out together the set has a strong sense of unity, well suited to table settings or display.

◆ With the original wooden tomobako

The original wooden tomobako is included, an important plus for this set.

For Japanese wares, an original box or tomobako is not only convenient for storage but also makes the set more complete as a collection. Even where the box itself shows age, it reflects the genuine history of use of a vintage piece.

◆ For Use as Well as Collecting

Unlike some antiques that can only be displayed, a coffee set like this is very usable.

It can be used daily for coffee or tea, or as props for photography, as part of an interior, or on café tables — a set of Japanese vintage ware that genuinely fits into everyday life.

Specifications

Dimensions L 5.5 × W 5.5 × H 6 cm
Box Dimensions (Tomobako) L 28 × W 29 × H 12 cm
Size Notes Coffee cup: approx. 5.5 × 5.5 × 6 cm (rim diameter approx. 5.5 cm) / Saucer: approx. 12.5 × 12.5 × approx. 2 cm / Wooden tomobako: approx. 28 × 29 × 12 cm