Straw Glazed Chawan

Japan, 19th century

Description
Straw Glazed Chawan
Ref. nº 276
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Period

19th century, Edo period

Dimensions

H. 8,8 cm ; D. 13,6 cm

Materials

Stoneware with rice straw ash glaze

Condition

Ancient restoration with gold lacquer kintsugi at the rim of the mouth

Description

Light grey stoneware with a transparent and shiny yellowish glaze.
The interior has a bluish-white shading due to the presence of rice straw ash.
The vertical walls of the upper part of the bowl forming a stripe are particularly original and rare. They may evoke the four-sided structures known as Shiho-gata. 
The wooden box (tomobako) may have been made for another piece.
Silk and purple fukusa cushions.

Provenance :
Dr. F. H.’s Collection before 1965, Germany.
Ancient collector’s label indicating the number 32.