Rooted
Royal-court motifs, mineral enamels, and real gold - the techniques kept intact.
Connecting tradition and modernity through Benjarong art.
Five colors, applied by hand and finished in gold. For fifty years the Pinsuwan family has carried Thailand's royal porcelain forward, from heirloom to everyday.
A fifty-year legacy, carried by one family.
Pinsuwan Benjarong began in 1974 as a small family kiln devoted to benjarong - the "five-color" porcelain once reserved for the Thai royal court. Every piece was, and still is, drawn freehand and gilded by hand.
What started as a single workshop has grown into the Pinsuwan Venture Group, a platform that keeps master artisans at the center while opening the craft to new makers, partners, and audiences around the world.
The hands change across generations. The standard does not.
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- 100%
Living heritage, one brushstroke at a time.
Benjarong cannot be rushed and cannot be printed. The skill passes from one pair of hands to the next - a parent guiding a child's brush until the line holds steady on its own. That transfer of knowledge is the real inheritance.
Sketching the pattern
The motif is laid out freehand on the bare glaze - lotus, flame, and kranok scrollwork measured by eye, never by transfer.
Hand-painting the five colors
Enamels are built up dot by dot with a fine brush. A single bowl can hold tens of thousands of points of raised color.
Gilding in gold
Real gold is applied to outline and crown the design, then burnished so the light moves across every ridge.
Firing the kiln
Each piece is fired in repeated cycles. Heat fuses the enamel and gold to the body, and the color is set for generations.
Benjarong was never only for the dinner table.
We believe a living craft has to keep living. The same hand-painted language that once decorated royal bowls now finds its way into lighting, objects, and design pieces made for contemporary homes and spaces. Tradition is the foundation - not the ceiling.
Reimagined
New forms and surfaces designed with the studio's artisans for how people live today.
Shared
A platform that brings the craft to designers, brands, and collectors worldwide.
A gallery of hand-painted porcelain.
Each piece is one of a kind. Browse by category - or commission something entirely your own.
Bespoke work for those who ask for more.
We partner with hotels, luxury brands, designers, and private collectors on commissioned Benjarong - corporate gifts, signature tableware, limited editions, and one-of-a-kind presentation pieces. Every commission begins with a conversation and a sketch.
- Corporate giftingBranded, gift-ready Benjarong at scale
- HospitalitySignature tableware for hotels & restaurants
- Limited editionsNumbered series for brands & galleries
- Private commissionsSingle heirloom pieces, made to order
Begin a conversation.
For special orders, commissions, wholesale, or a studio visit, tell us what you have in mind. Our team will reply personally.
Samut Songkhram, Thailand
Pinsuwan Venture Group
By appointment