DECORATIVE KATAKUCHI BOWL

diameter — 13 cm, height — 4 cm.

A Japanese hand-formed bowl in a strict wabi-sabiWabi-sabi 侘寂 — a key Japanese aesthetic concept that prescribes valuing true beauty in its transience, incompleteness and noble imperfection (asymmetry, traces of time, roughness of texture). aesthetic. The design is completed by a graceful relief flower on the rim, which serves both as a rest for the fingers and as a pouring spout (the katakuchiKatakuchi 片口 — a round bowl with a single pronounced pouring spout. Used for serving sake, tea (as a chaire) or sauces. form). The vessel is covered with a pleasing matte ash-cream glaze.

The unglazed, sandy base underlines the natural texture of the material.

A clear, round, impressed maker's mark is present on the base: “Ei” (瑛).