Vintage Decorative Gourd chinese sancai glaze The clay has a high

The clay has a high iron content and is collected from the Aikawa gold mine and surrounding mountains

Roji Associates is an iron manufacturing business located in Oshu City in Iwate Prefecture

The final stage involves using beeswax to make the surface stronger and to give the wares a glazed appearance

and features a thick layer of transparent white glaze that has formed a ridge around the centre

Vintage Decorative Gourd chinese sancai glaze The clay has a high*SHIPPING OPTIONS VARY DEPENDING ON THE DESTINATION, PLEASE SCROLL TO THE END OF THIS LISTING FOR MORE DETAILS. This listing is for a decorative gourd made around 40 years ago. It is made from a hollowed out gourd and is decorated with a beautiful pattern of cherry blossoms. Hollowed out gourds like these were once used a sake flasks, and they have a masculine image because Toyotomi Hideyoshis battle flag was mounted on a pole with a gold gourd