Japanese Kutani Ware Tea Bowl – Gilded Floral & Peacock Motif with Wooden Box

Kutani Gold-Decorated Bird-and-Flower Tea Bowl・Aka-e Peony and Peacock Design・With Original Wooden Tomobako

Kutani ware is one of Japan's most representative traditional ceramic crafts, known for its vivid colors, rich pictorial subjects and decorative quality. This tea bowl takes a rounded, full form, with a smoothly flaring rim and a belly that draws naturally inward, set on a small foot ring, giving the whole a steady yet gentle proportion. Most striking is the finely painted bird-and-flower decoration on the body, dominated by russet brown and vermilion tones, depicting blossoming flowers, layered overlapping leaves, and birds with delicately rendered feather texture. Touches of gold appear in places, making the bird-and-flower motifs all the more sumptuous against the soft glaze.