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 | Fine quality Ohi Ware Macha bowl by Yoshio Iwamura |
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 | An Excavated Mishima Tea Bowl [Tokugawa Clan] |
 | A Richo Era Kōrai Tea Bowl with Gold Repairs |
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| A Poem Inscribed Tea Bowl by Buddhist Nun Rengetsu (1791-1875) | Raku Kichizaemon IV Ichinyu (1640-1696) Kuro Raku tea bowl | A Red Raku Tea Bowl by Famed Potter Ichigen (1662 - 1722) |
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Elegant and sophisticated Shino Chawan, wonderful dialogue of brown and cream Shino crackle glaze, made during the early to the mid Edo period.
It is decorated outside with the Imperial Seal of Japan, the Chrysanthemum Seal and inside with two stars. This design I have never seen on other tea bowls before.
No cracks or repairs, just aesthetic inborn kiln cracks. Gorgeous and rare.
Box and shipping included.
Size: 2,8'' height and 5'' in diameter
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This is an absolutely rare black Seto chawan ( setoguro chawan ) from the Edo Period.
Blackish-brown glaze amalgamates with a wild and roughly thrown body and a still vivid and strong Seto Glaze. It is very heavy for a tea bowl, 503g. Please note that there is also an interesting kiln mark.
Setoguro yaki is high-fired ware that originated in the late 16th century...
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We like to offer you a rare Japanese Hagi Chawan called 'Gohon Chawan', made in the old Korean style from ancient times and dating from the mid Edo period.
Colour and glaze are equally rare and wonderful. We offer this fantastic chawan together with its Edo period wooden storage box and its cloth pouch called 'Shifuku'.
This Hagi Gohon Chawan has a split cross footring called 'warekodai'. Tea bowls of this style were favored by busho chajin (warrior tea men)...
There is the "Fu-niko" mark and the inscription which says "with Shigaraki sand soil".
A museum quality masterpiece made by the head of one of the main tea ceremony school in Japan.
Kakukakusai Genso, the son of Soei Hisada, was adopted by the 5th generation Zuiryusai Ryokyu, and inherited the Iemoto title of Grand Master of Omotesenke tea ceremony ...
Mishima pottery is a slip inlay technique brought to Japan from Korea in the 16th century.
In the city of Mishima there is a Grand Shrine of Mishima that was famous for publishing an almanac/calendar with bars for describing each day with its good and bad luck connotations.
The Koyomide bowls seemed to mimic these almanacs...
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Little distorted half cylinder shaped (kutsugata) tea bowl - made of light, coarse, unrefined Mino clay.
The expertly thrown body is covered with the typical, glossy black iron oxide glaze inside and outside, leaving 2 unglazed 'windows' on opposite sites. One 'window' is decorated with ivy or vine leaves. The other 'window' shows flying birds in iron oxide glaze which has been covered with a clear ash and feldspar glaze. This is a typical Momoyama Era design...
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What a wonderful glaze. Slightly distorted shoe shaped (kutsugata) tea bowl from the early Edo period with a rounded brim, made of light, coarse, unrefined Mino clay. The expertly thrown body was trimmed with a potter's knife in its lower part around the foot ring.
In the style of Kuro-Oribe bowls this bowl was covered with a brown iron oxide glaze...
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Little distorted half cylinder shaped (kutsugata) tea bowl made of light, coarse, unrefined Mino clay.
The expertly thrown body is covered with the typical, glossy black iron oxide glaze inside and outside. A 'window' on the side has been left unglazed for decoration in iron oxide engobe under a clear ash glaze in the form of plum blossoms (ume) and a geometric design. This is a typical Momoyama design...
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Elegant, little distorted half cylinder shaped kutsugata tea bowl with flaring lip made of light, coarse, unrefined Mino clay.
The expertly thrown body is covered with the typical, glossy black iron oxide glaze inside and outside, leaving an unglazed 'window' on one side.
One 'window' is decorated with circles squares and lines in iron oxide glaze which has been covered with a clear ash and feldspar glaze...
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Cylinder shaped (hanzutsu) tea bowl made of light, fine, unrefined Mino clay from the late Momoyama or early Edo period. Shape and style (note the trimmed walls) make it appear contemporary with the late Oribe bowls. The expertly thrown body is covered with the typical white, feldspatic Shino glaze which has been poured and under which a decoration of a bamboo grass (sass) and a fence have been applied in iron oxide (oni ita)...
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Very beautiful Kuro Oribe Chawan of early Edo period:
Only very little distorted half cylinder shaped (hanzutsu) tea bowl made of light, coarse, unrefined Mino clay. The expertly thrown body is covered with the typical, glossy black iron oxide glaze inside and outside, leaving an unglazed 'window' on one side...
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Little distorted half cylinder shaped (kutsugata) tea bowl with flaring mouth made of light, coarse unrefined Mino clay. The expertly thrown body was covered with the typical green copper oxide glaze inside and outside. A 'window' on the side has been left unglazed and is decorated with fern sprouts. This is a typical late Momoyama design, which seems to represent winter and summer. You can find a black Oribe bowl with a similar design in the Nezu Museum.
The somewhat irregular but...
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Rounded wan-shaped chawan with strong throwing (finger) marks, called rokuro-me. The light, very fine clay with enclosures is expertly thrown. The body is fully glazed - with the exception of the foot and its surrounding area.
The cream coloured glaze shows pink colour in some paces as we know it from Korean Gohon tea bowls. It shows discolouration from green tea and a beautiful crazing - especially on inside, a sign of many years of careful use. The style and the very fine clay indi...
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Another wonderful example of the beauty of Shino-yaki from the early Edo Period: Little deformed cylinder (hazutsu) shaped, in the style of shino ware - the bowl shows finger marks from throwing; foot ring and bottom have been cut with a potters knife. Typical for a Nezumi-Shino shino bowl, the light, unrefined Mino clay has been covered with an iron bearing engobe - with the exception of the bottom area.
A floral decoration on the wall and a circle inside near the brim has been i...
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Distorted half cylinder shaped (kutsugata) tea bowl made of little iron bearing, coarse, unrefined Mino clay. The expertly thrown body, trimmed with a potters knife (hera) is covered with the typical, glossy black iron oxide inside and outside. Here it is a rarely seen dark brown due to a lack of manganese.
A window on the side has been left unglazed for decoration in iron oxide engobe under a clear ash glaze in a form of straight and wavy lines. This is a typical Momoyama design.
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A historic-cultural highlight: we proudly present a more than 1000 year old Yama Chawan with a strong kai-yu glaze. Once in a while you can find a traditional unglazed yama chawan on the antique market, but a Yama Chawan with a strong and vivid kai-yu glaze is very very rare. The Yama-Chawan is an excavated piece, stacked together with a second one for the firing process.
At the beginning of the 9th century, ceramics that use cooking at very high temperatures (about 1240 degrees) an...
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Cylinder shaped (hanzutsu) tea bowl made of light, fine, unrefined Mino clay. Shape and style (note the trimmed walls) make it appear contemporary with the late Oribe bowls.
The expertly thrown body is covered with the typical white, feldspatic Shino glaze has been poured under which a decoration of a willow tree (yanagi) and a fence have been applied in iron oxide (oni ita). Just the foot ring and its immediate surrounding was left unglazed. The somewhat irregular foot is typical ...
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Wonderful and definitely rare Iga Chawan with aesthetic kintsugi gold repair. This chawan was made approx. 200 years ago during the Edo Period. Great wabi-sabi expression.
Iga ware was always made in the Iga City area of Mie Prefecture. Using local clay and traditional techniques, Iga ware carries a rich tradition that can be traced back to the Nara Period (710-794), featuring easy-to-hold shapes prized by tea masters and a natural, almost wild beauty actualized by the unique qualit...
Kagemasa Kato was the 16th head of the Seto kiln family, counting from the 1st Kagemasa Kato (1168 - 1249), the legendary founder of Seto ware.
The bowl is covered with old Seto glaze creating a deep Sabi scenery. Thrown on a potter's wheel, the body was intentionally distorted and slightly stretched. The foot ring is cut in an irregula...
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Outstanding Ohi Chawan from the early stage of the Meiji Era (1868-1912) with a rarely seen octopus and coral sculpture on it. The outer earthy amber glaze harmonises wonderfully with the colourful interior landscape of the bowl. A firework of colours running into each other. What an impressive demonstration of the artistry of this 19th century artist. His seal is printed on the unglazed foot ring.
The mesmerizing play of tones of this particular vessel is yet another fine example o...
Annan-Yaki, is a tradition of pottery brought to Japan from the Annan province of ancient Imperial China (now part of Vietnam) from the late Muromachi period (1392 - 1573). At the time this type of pottery was hugely popular among tea dev...
Like many pottery traditions in Japan, Karatsu takes its name from the city where it originated. As early as the 15th century, Korean potters heavily influenced the development of this form—helping to endow it with the earthy, simple, and natural qualities it is so appreciated for. The piece shown here displays an austere black glaze providing the perfect backdrop for the extensive and expertly applied gold repairs— making this antique tea bowl quite attractive, a pleasure to use...
A magnificent composite, this piece was excavated from the kiln grounds and repaired using boldly applied silver joinery (gintsugi). Comfortable and solid in the hand, this is a very attractive tea bowl with interesting textures and other features such as a small pebble explosion during firing known as an “ishi haze.” Such ma...
This is rare Kyomizu work from the late Edo period. A white glaze tea bowl inspired by the white Nanjing ceramics of the Qing dynasty in China.
It is a tea bowl with a unique taste which combines the hard body fired at a high temperature and the beautiful white glaze.
Size
Height 7.6cm
Diameter 10.5cm
Condition
Good without any damage.
Supplied with the old ...
Kyo/Kiyomizu Ware has several centuries of history with over 300 kilns located around Kyoto, Japan.
The history of Kiyomizu pottery goes back to the Momoyama period (1568-1600).
Size
2in. (5.2cm.) high;
4.8in. (12.3cm.) diameter;
7.05oz. (200g.) weight.
Condition
Good considering the age.
There is old gold repair kintsugi on the side and small chips at the bottom.
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Japanese Yama Chawan (literally 'Mountain Tea Bowl'), biscuit firing ware with impressive natural glaze and slightly distorted form. It dates back to the Kamakura Period (1185 - 1333). Highlight is the inside design with a Japanese Koi image which was added by a former owner as a kind of Kintsugi to close a damage on the inside surface. Such typ of Kintsugi is definitely rare.
You can also find traces of the famous kai-yu glaze on this excavated piece.
At the beginning of ...
A tradition dating from the mid-16th century, Raku teabowls are made...
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Ash blasted and bursting with inclusions, this chawan comes with everything you could want from a perfect Shigaraki bowl. It dates from the late Edo Period (1603-1868). Over a terracotta clay burnt ash gray a smattering of pale flying ash provides the backdrop for molten drips of foggy green and orange shizen yu glaze. The shape conforms beautifully to the palm, showing the master skill of this important chawan.
It comes with an old wooden box with appraisal, a silk pouch (shif...
Tannyu was born as the second son of 9th-generation master Ryonyu. His father retired at the age of 56, and his elder brother had died young, so Tannyu became Raku master at the age of 17. He retired at the age of 51 and took on the name Tannyu, having been given the character 'tan' by Kyukosai, 10th-generation grand master of the Omotesenke school of tea.
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