New · Made in Ishikawa, Japan
Kutani porcelain · five-colour overglaze · 16 cm
Kutani Daruma Maneki Neko
Two lucky charms in one body: a Kutani beckoning cat with a Daruma doll, 16 cm tall, in Kutani five-colour overglaze. The cat raises a paw in welcome. Daruma sits beside it and does not give up.
$320 Free shipping to 32 countries
Order by December 8 to make sure it arrives before Christmas.
We ship to mainland China: free, tracked. Import duties, if any, are paid on delivery. Where we ship
A gift for luck and protection · a new home
Leaves Fukuoka within one week by EMS, with tracking.
The story: Maneki-nekoWatch the 47-second film, or read it →What buyers say · ★★★★★ on Etsy
“Received updates regarding the item I purchased and when it arrived could tell that it was packed with care; my fragile ceramic bunny arrived in perfect condition! A wonderful purchase and I would buy from this shop again”
Jessica · United States
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“Item was as described and in photos shown. Excellent quality. Seller very knowledgable and took the time to explain everything”
Tiang N. · Australia
- Made in Japan. Kutani ware, from Ishikawa prefecture.
- New, never used. Checked and packed by hand in Fukuoka.
- Returns within 14 days of delivery. Not right? Send it back as it came and we refund the full price, return postage included.
- Packed safely, sent by EMS within one week, fully insured, with tracking.
Duties, checkout and extras
- ★ 5.0 on Etsy · Star Seller. Read the reviews ↗
- Import tax. It depends on your country; if any is due, it is collected on delivery.
- US import duties. Already included in the price: nothing to pay at your door.
- Secure checkout by Stripe — cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay. No account needed.
- Two pieces, one parcel. Each extra piece in the same order is $15 off at checkout.
- Orders of $200 or more travel with a gift to keep: Japanese chopsticks with a rest in a paulownia box, or a Nara kaya-cloth handkerchief.
The story
Daruma was a monk who, the legend says, sat facing a cave wall for nine years until his arms and legs wasted away. So the daruma has none, and when you push him over he rolls back up. "Fall seven times, rise eight."
The beckoning cat has the opposite job. It does not wait. It lifts a paw and calls luck in, the way the temple cat in Edo once called a passing lord out of the path of lightning.
Put the two together and the piece says both halves of it: keep going, and let good fortune find you on the way.
The craft
Kutani porcelain from Ishikawa is known for five colours: red, green, yellow, purple and navy. All five are here, and the detail is worth a close look.
Living with it
Small enough for a bookshelf or a desk. If you are halfway through something hard, it may be the right thing to look at in the mornings. Someone about to start a new job, a degree or a business would be glad to be given it, because it speaks to the effort as well as the luck.
• Kutani porcelain, five-colour overglaze • New • Made in Japan
How it travels
Packed safely, insured in full
Every piece is packed by hand in Fukuoka inside a sturdy 3 mm corrugated carton, cushioned all round with air pillows so it cannot move. It travels with tracking all the way to your door: by EMS, insured for its full value, on orders of $100 or more, and by tracked airmail below that.
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