Vintage Japanese Handmade Chawan Mid Showa Gray & White Geometric Patterns 5.5" Text Request to omit lamp shade

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Beautiful deeply carved relief of bamboo and a flower

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Vintage Japanese Handmade Chawan Mid Showa Gray & White Geometric Patterns 5.5" Text Request to omit lamp shadeThis is a ceramic bowl known as a chawan (tea bowl) used in a Japanese chanoyu (tea ceremony). It dates from the mid Showa Era. It is imprinted with white colored geometric shapes glazed with gray, the clay used is a deep brown. This chawan measures 5 1 2" in diameter and about 3" tall (12. 5 x 7. 5 cm). Having been in storage with limited use for decades it remains in very fine condition.