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A Modern Japanese Studio Hares Fur Teabowl browse these categories for related items... All Items: Artisan and Design:Ceramics:Pottery: Pre 2000: item # 719782
Ichiban Japanese & Oriental Antiques Post Office Box 395 Marion, CT 06444-0395 203.272.7392 Guest Book $495.00 |
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A Modern Japanese pottery chawan (tea bowl) with a fine hares fur glaze. The chawan measures 3” diameter at the top and is 1 ¼” high. It is signed on the base with an impressed mark that translates as "Kou" one letter from the artist’s name. It is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks. This modern tea bowl is based upon an early type of Chinese ceramics called Jian blackwares. These tea wares, were made at kilns located in Jianyang of Fujian province. They reached the peak of their popularity during the Song dynasty. The wares were made using locally-won, iron-rich clays and fired in an oxidising atmosphere at temperatures in the region of 1300°C. The glaze was made using clay similar to that used for forming the body, except fluxed with wood-ash. At high temperatures the molten glaze separate to produce a pattern called hare's fur.. |
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