Neriage Sake Cup by Tsukioka Saburo - Marbled Clay Guinomi

Experience authentic Japanese ceramics with this Neriage Sake Cup by Tsukioka Saburo. This guinomi serves as a Marbled Clay Art piece and Sake Vessel, featuring Neriage Technique and Izumo Pottery—a must-have for any collector seeking Japanese Craft and Tea Ceremony Art.

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🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]

• Artist: Tsukioka Saburo (月岡三郎)
• Technique: Neriage (練上) – marbled/laminated clay
• Era: Contemporary (Heisei–Reiwa period)
• Origin: Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
• Dimensions: Diameter approx. 6.5 cm × Height approx. 4.7 cm (2.6" × 1.9")
• Box: Tomobako (artist-signed wooden box), cloth, pamphlet
• Condition: Near mint – no chips, cracks, or repairs

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🔹 [ CULTURAL & ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]

Neriage is among the most demanding forming techniques in Japanese ceramics. Rather than applying decoration to a finished surface, the potter layers clays of different mineral compositions before shaping. The pattern is not on the vessel—it is the vessel. Every cross-section reveals the same interior truth.

Tsukioka works with contrasting clay bodies—orange-terracotta and grey-white—folding and compressing them into a unified mass. Dark brown swirling lines emerge naturally within the orange strata, while small white inclusions surface like constellations. Nothing here is painted. Nothing can be erased.

*"Where earth remembers its own becoming—orange and grey, folded into silence."*

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🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]

**The Neriage Process**: Tsukioka layers contrasting clay bodies—folding, compressing, and shaping them on the wheel. The pattern that emerges cannot be precisely predicted, only guided. Each piece is an unrepeatable event.

**Form and Weight**: The chunky, rounded profile sits with quiet confidence in the palm. The exposed orange clay foot ring grounds the piece, reminding the hand of the raw material beneath the surface drama. The sage-green interior glaze provides a calm counterpoint to the exterior turbulence.

**Tsukioka Saburo’s Practice**: Working from the Izumo region of Shimane Prefecture, Tsukioka has devoted his practice to neriage—a technique that demands total commitment before the wheel even turns.

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🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]

【基本情報】
• 作家：月岡三郎
• 技法：練上（ねりあげ）
• 時代：現代（平成〜令和）
• 産地：島根県出雲
• 寸法：口径約6.5cm × 高さ約4.7cm
• 付属：共箱・共布・共栞
• 状態：極美品

【解説】
練上技法の第一人者・月岡三郎による酒盃。オレンジ色の素地と灰白色の土を幾重にも重ね、成形前に模様を内包させる。表面に現れる大胆な抽象紋様は、器の壁を貫通して存在する。内側の灰緑釉が外の躍動に静けさを与え、掌の中に小さな地層を抱くような体験をもたらす。

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🔹 [ SHIPPING & PACKAGING ]
• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days
• Carrier: Japan Post EMS / UPS (with tracking)
• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials

*A geology of intention—held in the palm, read through the wall.*