Miyama's Shichifuku dobin teapot in white porcelain with the Seven Lucky Gods in in-glaze blue. Slip-cast in Mizunami, Gifu. 430 ml, rattan handle.

A heptagonal dobin teapot in Miyama's Shichifuku (七福 — "Seven Lucky") series, slip-cast in translucent white porcelain at the workshop's Mizunami kiln in Gifu, Japan. The Seven Lucky Gods are painted across the body in playful in-glaze cobalt — the pigment is laid between glaze layers and fired so the figures sink into the surface rather than sitting on top — and the rattan handle is hand-bound to the porcelain bow.

Shichifukujin — the seven gods who sail Japan's Treasure Ship at New Year, each bringing a different blessing — have been an auspicious folk-craft motif since the Edo period. Miyama softens them into wandering, child-like figures, painted with the same restraint you'd find on an old sometsuke piece. It's a teapot built to be used daily, not displayed.

Specs

• Material: White porcelain
• Decoration: In-glaze sometsuke — 七福神染付文様 ("Seven Lucky Gods" pattern)
• Dimensions: 15.0 × 12.0 × 10.5 cm
• Capacity: 430 ml (≈ four sencha cups)
• Handle: Rattan / bamboo, hand-bound
• Care: Dishwasher safe. Remove the rattan handle before microwave use.
• Origin: Made in Mizunami, Gifu, Japan
  
  

Pours roughly four cups of sencha. Pairs with the matching Shichifuku sencha cup and saucer, and makes a quietly thoughtful housewarming or wedding gift.