Japanese BLACK RAKU CHAWAN TEA BOWL, RYUANJI

Japanese: Tea Articles: Pottery Pre 1990: item #185027
TCR970

A lovely Kuro-Raku Wan-Gata chawan enclosed in the original wooden box signed Ryusen and named Muanshu. The rough clay is covered in viscous black glaze, the surface heavily textured. Inside are three olive-colored blanks and a small flaw in the wall adding character. The artists stamp (Ryusen) is impressed into the clay alongside the foot followed by Aged 84. On the outside of the box is the signature Ryusen age 84 and the stamp Ryusen-An, while inside the lid can be found the inscription M... Click for details

ANTIQUE Japanese ONI-HAGI CHAWAN, DEIKA XII

Japanese: Tea Articles: Pottery Pre 1920: item #181890
TCR956

A brilliantly textured Oni-Hagi bowl dating from the early 20th century by Deika (Sakata Deika XII, died 1934), the radically fissured surface ruptured by exploding inclusions; the scars connected by cracks in the glaze giving the appearance of constellations written into a yellow sky. Outside the bowl is an earthy beige, mostly eclipsed by pale white. Inside the basin is the same earthy color, while all the walls are like salt foam. Surrounding all of the scars is a gray mist, accenting and ... Click for details

Narumi Oribe Chawan by Sasaki Tadashi

Japanese: Tea Articles: Pottery Pre 1980: item #178023

Sasaki Tadashi(1922-1997) was one of the outstanding Oribe potters of the 20th century- he was awarded the top prize in 1967 for his Oribe in the prestigious Japan Traditional Arts and Crafts exhibition. He studied with both Kato Hajime and Kato Kobee before establishing his own kiln. Here is a classic and wonderful Narumi Oribe chawan with a kasa-hat and dangling strings design on the front, geometric patterns on the back---notice the gracefulness in the lines. Narumi Oribe uses a red clay and ... Click for details

Bizen Chawan by Harada Shuroku

Japanese: Tea Articles: Pottery Contemporary: item #175707

Compact, gutsy, intense firing and 'clay flavor,' bold facets---there is so much in this Bizen chawan by one of my all-time favorite Bizen potters, Harada Shuroku. More about this important Bizen potter on www.e-yakimono.net. This chawan is almost a tabi-jawan (traveling chawan) size yet the it's quite weighty which would not make it so easy to carry. Much better for a quiet inward looking moment at home. In perfect condition with a signed box, 8.5cm.tall and 11.5cm.wide, 'tsuke-kodai' (applied ... Click for details

Bamboo Design Chawan – Late Meiji/Taisho

Japanese: Tea Articles: Pottery Pre 1920: item #175068

Bamboo Design Chawan – Late Meiji/Taisho - Early Japanese studio pottery chawan or teabowl, probably 1880's to 1920's. Its exterior is decorated in an allover wax- resist technique of very thick slip in cocoa brown w/ slight red tinges over 2 different Black Bamboo motives on each side. The bowl's interior is decorated in a thick white slip symbolic of swirling wind or waves over a yellow stoneware body. Bowl is heavy! Condition is excellent, no damage whatsoever except for one tiny pinhead... Click for details

Japanese Arita Sometsuke Tea Cup

Japanese: Tea Articles Pre 1900: item #174922
TR0267

This antique blue and white Imari ceramic tea cup dates to the Meiji Period (1868-1912)in Japan. It measures 3 1/8 inches in diameter by 2 3/4 inches tall).

It is a 19th century transfer pattern design and was most likely originally shipped from the Arita area of Japan. ... Click for details

Iris Chawan - Taisho-early Showa

Japanese: Tea Articles: Pottery Pre 1970: item #174809

Iris Teabowl - Signed Japanese pottery teabowl (chawan) decorated with a lovely blue Iris and gold, green and grey leaves over white slip. Signed on its base with a clearly impressed seal see photos. We do not know the signature. Condition is excellent, no damage whatsoever. Measures 3 1/8 inchest tall to the top of its rim by approximately 3 inches across in diameter wide.

Meiji Period Kokei-yaki Sometsuke Sencha Set

Japanese: Tea Articles: Pottery Pre 1910: item #174528

A lovely and rare Kokei-yaki porcelain sencha set dating to the Meiji Period. Each work has hydrangeas painted in cobalt blue on the snow white body. The collection was owned by Seto calligrapher Ooshima Kimigawa(?-1943). In excellent condition with an old box, cups are 4.8cm.tall and 7.5cm.across, kyusu is 6.5cm.tall and 12.6cm. long and the 'water cooler' is 4.6cm.tall and 9.0cm.across. The kyusu is very delicate and light while the cups and cooler were thrown thicker, and can be used for sake... Click for details

Black Raku Chawan by Egawa Setsusai

Japanese: Tea Articles: Pottery Pre 1980: item #173907

Very much in a Koetsu rounded form, this is a fine Kuro-Raku (Black Raku) chawan by Egawa Setsusai(1902-1979). More about Egawa with a photo of the potter in other Egawa listings. He was a Tea potter and this chawan was exhibited at a Mitsukoshi exhibit about thirty years ago; the number 31 is still on the base, the white square seen in the photos. It's never been used. The flash brought out the iron in the glaze but in person it is very black. Small pinholes are also highlighted but are not so ... Click for details

ANTIQUE Japanese IRON KAMA, DRAGONFLY HANDLE

Japanese: Tea Articles: Metalwork Pre 1940: item #172091
TCR893

A hand forged antique iron water pot with bronze lid for use in the Japanese Zen Tea Ceremony; handles in the shape of dragonflies embedded in the side. The upper half is grooved with concentric rings; spread wings of the dragonflies conform to the shape of the bowl while jointed bodies project out in 3-D almost 1 inch from the surface. 2 antique iron ring handles (included) are run through the body between the wings. The heavy bronze lid features a 5 petal plum blossom finial. The piece mea... Click for details