Yunomi Cup ー和太 守卑良 "飛鳥文 湯呑"
Yunomi Cup ー和太 守卑良 "飛鳥文 湯呑"
Item Code: MC982
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A Yunomi tea cup by Kasama legend Wada Morihiro enclosed the original signed wooden box. It is 8.5 cm (3-1/2 inches) diameter, roughly the same height and in perfect condition.
Wada Morihiro (1944-2008) was born in Hyogo prefecture and apprenticed under Kyoto's Tomimoto Kenkichi before moving to Kasama in 1976. He has been displayed at the Nihon Togei Ten (National Ceramics Exhibition), Nihon Dento Kogei Ten (National Traditional Crafts Exhibition) Gold medal at the Florence International Ceramics Exhibition in 1980 as well as being displayed at the Victoria Albert and Smithsonian as one representative of modern Japanese ceramics in 1983. He subsequently received the Japanese Ceramic Society Award in 1988, one of the highest honors for a Japanese potter.
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