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Lot 325 · Ceramics · H 6 · ⌀ 14 cm酒器・茶器
CHAWAN TEA BOWL WITH GOHON-DE EFFECT
Estimate
15 000 – 20 000 ₽
- Original box (tomobako)
- Material
Hagi ceramics, textured pale glaze.
- Period
1963 (year 38 of the Showa era).
- Dimensions
Height — 6 cm, diameter — 14 cm.
- Description
A collectible artist-made chawanChawan 茶碗 — the canonical deep bowl of the tea ceremony, used to prepare and drink powdered green matcha tea. in the tradition of the Japanese Hagi workshops. The bowl has the classic conical wan-nari form and is covered with a glaze with an expressive, deep crackle network, through which concentric orange-pink spots show — the celebrated “rouge effect” (gohon-deGohon-de 御本手 — the “rouge effect”. Picturesque soft pinkish-orange patches showing through the pale glaze of Hagi ceramics as a result of a complex reduction firing.). The lower part shows noble bare clay.
- Marks
Relief round artist’s seal “萩” (Hagi).
- Contents
Gift box; on the inside of the lid a calligraphic inscription has been preserved:
“Bought on 25 June of the 38th year of Showa (1963)”.