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Illustrated is a rather nice, generous yunomi byShino/ Oribe/ Seto-guro specialist, Higashida Shigemasa. Though an early piece it has many of the classic tell tale signs of Higashida from the obvious Oribe glaze to the incised and impressed decoration to the crumbly foot that many of his mizusashi and vases have. This yunomi really is my cup of tea as it holds quite a bit more than the typical yunomi and the soft nature of the clay acts as a slight insulator to the heat of the beverage and also acts to keep cold drinks colder for just a bit longer. What I can tell you is that despite it being a rather straight forward, even simple piece what table wouldn't benefit from a set of these yunomi and what drink wouldn't taste just a bit better coming from such an inspired, handmade cup?