Ceramic Japan - You-ki Sake Bottle w/2 cups

Designer Komatsu Makoto came up with the idea for this series, which features beautifully smooth oval shapes, as something he wanted to add to his daily life. The egg-shaped plates and bowls present a thin form without a foot. The sake cups and pitchers, which feature a form much like how you sit back and relax when slightly tipsy, were finished with sand cloth to allow the hand to follow the shape. If you place the large sake cup, made using the same technique, upside down and put the smaller cup on top, they take on the humorous form of a snowman.

Porcelain
Sake bottle S×1
Sake cup S×2

Bottle - H 3.94 x W 3.15 in
Cups - H 1.77 x W 2.36 in

Bottle - H: 3.94" x W: 3.15"

Cups - H: 1.77" x W: 2.36"

Made in Japan

Design by: Komatsu Makoto

Born in Tokyo, he studied under Stig Lindberg at the Sweden-based "Gustavsberg" House, and his design activities have been diverse, ranging from ceramics to glass and stainless steel tableware, lighting and furniture. His Crinkle Super Bag was selected for the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and his products are still sold in MoMA shops around the world. Other museums around the world, such as the FAENZA Museum of Ceramics in Italy and the VICTORIA & ALBERT Museum in the UK, have his work in their collections. POTS", produced in collaboration with Ceramic Japan, won the Grand Prize in the design category at the 1st International Ceramics Festival '86 Mino.