Vintage Decorative Gourd chinese sancai glaze Roji Associates is an iron

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

they are used for the measuring and preparation of matcha tea

3”) x 10

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

Yixing refers to wares made from Yixing clay in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu

Vintage Decorative Gourd chinese sancai glaze Roji Associates is an iron*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