Chawan Handcrafted Japanese Tea Bowl (Chawan) Hagi Ware

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Period:
Shôwa (1926–1989)
Dimensions (height x width):
7,5 x 12 cm
Weight:
0g
Item number:
5254

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Details about the sold piece

  • ColorBeige, Gray
  • MaterialCeramics
  • Style / TraditionHagi-yaki
  • Wooden BoxYes

Description

The porous, slightly sandy body of the Hagi ware absorbs moisture and gently changes color over time – an effect that tea masters have valued for centuries as 'Nanabake', the seven transformations of the Hagi bowl. Already, this tea bowl displays the warm, creamy glaze typical of Hagi-yaki, with subtle pink and beige nuances that run across the surface in fine crackle lines.

The squat, slightly bulging shape with its encircling grooves reveals the potter's free hand at the wheel, while the irregularly formed foot of the bowl lends it an earthbound, unassuming character. Hagi ware originally comes from the region of the same name in Yamaguchi Prefecture and is considered, alongside Raku ware and Karatsu ware, one of the most significant traditions of Japanese tea ceramics.

This handcrafted bowl comes in a wooden box signed by the master potter and invites one to experience for oneself the characteristic transformative quality of the Hagi glaze over years of use – a piece of lived tea culture from the Shôwa era.

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