Japanese Ceramic Set with Donabe and Sake Service, 1970s

Complete, unused Japanese ceramic set consisting of two sake bottles (tokkuri) with matching holders, five small sake cups (ochoko), five bowls for food, a round hot pot (donabe) and five chopstick rests (hashioki) in the shape of small mushrooms.

The set is complete, unused and in excellent condition.

Dimensions donabe: height 14 cm, diameter 25 cm.

Dimensions bowls: height 4 cm, diameter 11 cm.

The donabe and sake pieces are finished in a beautiful grey-white crackle glaze, with the surface finely veined by dark lines. Towards the base the glaze fades into a warm brown and caramel tone. The bowls share the same crackle glaze on top, with a brown glazed accent along the rim that reads almost like a small handle. The mushroom-shaped hashioki are playful and organic: white stems with subtle crackle, caps in glossy brown with darker spots, perfect for resting chopsticks during a meal.