Metal Alloy Ornament with Urushi Paint - Lucky Cat - White - Large 16 cm / 銀雅堂 招き猫 09003020 Bingata flowers (a traditional Okinawa

Bingata flowers (a traditional Okinawa dyeing technique with colourful floral patterns) – represent beauty

5 cm x 8 cm height

Adorned with an intricately hand-painted motif featuring two graceful cranes set against a backdrop of the majestic Masu tree and towering mountains

■ Size: Cup 8cm (Diameter)

while fine tobikanna carvings at the base reveal the warmth of the clay beneath

Metal Alloy Ornament with Urushi Paint - Lucky Cat - White - Large 16 cm / 銀雅堂 招き猫 09003020 Bingata flowers (a traditional OkinawaTakaoka is Japans metal city. For over four hundred years, its foundries have cast everything from temple bells to tea ceremony vessels, and the citys craftspeople have built a quiet, unshakeable reputation for knowing what metal can do. NAGAE has been part of that story since 1954 not as a museum piece, but as a working manufacturer that continues to carry the material forward. What makes NAGAE especially compelling is the way this long metalworking