{"product_id":"bo388","title":"Cheek Armor Cup, Dragon Form, Bronze","description":"\u003cp\u003eThemed around the legendary Sengoku-era warlord Uesugi Kenshin, inspired by his nickname \"Dragon of Echigo.\"\u003cbr\u003eIt is paired with “the Tiger of Kai,” Takeda Shingen, and this piece is rendered in a bronze-like finish.\u003cbr\u003eThis coloring cannot be achieved without the Amakusa stone from Kyushu that Koga uses as his porcelain material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong Koga's works, the highly popular “Hoyoroi-hai (cheek-armor cup).”\u003cbr\u003eTaking the motif of the eccentric helmets (kawari-kabuto) of Sengoku-era warlords, it expresses a person's way of life and spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChanoyu, the tea ceremony, developed as a comprehensive Japanese art tied to samurai refinement. Sake vessels developed as kaiseki tableware inheriting that lineage.\u003cbr\u003eKoga describes this work as \"a porcelain sake cup in the form of cheek armor, arrived at inevitably from the close ties among the tea ceremony, Sengoku warlords, and craft — ceramics in particular.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e740g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eArtist\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTakahiro Koga (Fukuoka)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eMaterial \u0026 Technique\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCeramics\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDimensions\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eW180 × D180 × H140 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eYear\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"古賀 崇洋","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49232404381947,"sku":"BO388","price":88000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/4745\/3947\/files\/bownd-bo-388-1_ea3c5bf0-c307-47bf-aa2e-a942ab61f5bb.jpg?v=1787924166","url":"https:\/\/www.b-ownd.com\/en\/products\/bo388","provider":"B-OWND","version":"1.0","type":"link"}