Exceptional Kuro Raku Chawan with perfect Kintsugi

It is commonly said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, yet, in the real world, there seems to be a fair amount of congruity about what people consider beautiful, with most arguments about particular instances being about degree, not direction. This chawan is pure beauty - no matter from which angle you look at it.

Slightly distorted cylinder shaped tea bowl with a rounded brim, made of light, coarse, unrefined Mino clay in the early Edo Period around 1620. The expertly thrown body was trimmed with a potters knife in its lower part and covered with a jet black iron oxide glaze inside and outside. A 'window' on the side has been left unglazed and is decorated with attached drying kaki (hoshikaki) in iron oxide under a shino type glaze. This is a popular Momoyama design.

Highlight of this chawan is obviously the expertly made kintsugi repair. Breathtaking.

The bowl comes with a very good wooden box.

Size: 9,2 cm height x 12,5 cm in diameter.