Small mug in a saishiki glaze by Tetsuya Kowari from March 2026.

This work is finished in his vibrant, painterly, saishiki style, with abstract, geometric markings defining areas of colour, rendered over a black base and intersected by dramatic carved lines.

Each vessel is an embodiment of the marriage between fire, clay and glaze, a true emblem of ceramic mastery and tradition.

dimensions
height: 9cm 
diameter: 7cm
width: 10cm (incl. handle)
base: 5cm
weight: 275g

Nb. this work is handmade and measurements are approximate.

Guinomi (sake cup).
Saishiki-ware.
Handmade in Japan.

See all Kowari's guinomi, as well as our full selection of work by Tetsuya Kowari.

Tetsuya Kowari produces extraordinary vessels that seem almost too sculptural to use but are in fact are all highly functional. These are pieces designed for daily use, or simply for daily contemplation of their incredible aesthetic.

Kowari creates his pieces in a wood fired anagama kiln in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, and the DEA Store is the official stockist of Tetsuya Kowari work in Australia.

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