Beautiful Japanese tea cup and saucer

By lilmary663, 4 June, 2014
Description

It was a gift, I've had it for a few years. It's the only piece of my collection I can't find any information on, mostly because I can't read Japanese. I can provide more pictures of you would like. It's not for sale, I love it too much :-).

Category
China
Medium
Is very thin, like paper thin. I'm not really sure, it could be porcelain, but I've never seen porcelain so thin.
Distinguishing marks
Handwritten Japanese, and some black specs in whatever it's made of, like impurities/defects.
Condition
Excellent
Size and dimensions of this item
cup: about 3"x3"x3", saucer: about 6" in diameter, and comes to about an inch high
Date Period
no idea
Weight
like air, maybe an ounce, maybe
Price Paid (If known)
it was a gift
For Sale?
No
Photos