Nezumi Shino Teacup - 230ml

This Mino-yaki yunomi (teacup) has a classic cylindrical shape and is made in the traditional nezumi shino (鼠志野 - grey shino) style with an abstract design in white against a blue-grey hued backdrop, all under a transparent glaze.

Following the traditional nezumi shino technique, the design is painted on using a clay paste. On top of this, the entire surface is coated with iron-rich oni-ita, and the clay paste of the design areas is scraped off, revealing the bare clay underneath. Finally, the cup is given a feldspar-rich white Shino glaze. In the design areas, the white is visible, but where it overlaps with the iron-rich oni-ita which fires into a brown or black, the two layers combine to produce a soft blue-grey. Areas where the Shino glaze is thin show more oni-ita and appear brown.