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.)
