Bune Ring - brass

Solid brass ring, perfect for stacking and striking on its own. Light and lovely to wear. Measures 27mm tall, 22mm wide, and 2mm thick. 

Made to order — please allow up to 2 weeks of lead time before shipping. 

Price listed in USD — Canadians who wish to purchase in CAD, please contact info@yuun.studio.

Chinese ceramics were exported not only by land via the Silk Road, but also by vessel on sea, to places as remote as the Americas but also as proximal as Japan, where Chinese techniques were quickly adopted in the local craft. Japan is where we encounter the legend of Utsuro-bune — the “hollow boat”: 

In 1803, fishermen on the eastern coast find a strange ship, washed ashore. A foreign woman is on board, with fire hair and a pale complexion, wearing fine clothes of unfamiliar make. She does not speak Japanese, and clutches a mysterious box. In fear (of the unknown, of the other), the fishermen return the woman and her boat to sea, to drift away.

She is inscrutable to them, and therefore (a vessel) empty.

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The VESSEL collection is a meditation on what it means to hold, figuratively and literally. Aesthetically inspired by the ceramic tradition of China, each piece in the collection is an intimate reminder of presence and essence in our daily.