Signed Tea Ceremony Chawan Tea Bowl Gray. w/ Brown Clay 5.5” Tsubo Length = 19"

Length = 19"

and the pursuit of perfection

Great skill was used in the workmanship in this chest

1870 or as far back as late Edo) black lacquer bowls with lids were hand turned from cryptomeria wood with over twenty layers of black lacquer

1860's) set ofcast iron hibashi (fire chopsticks)

Signed Tea Ceremony Chawan Tea Bowl Gray. w/ Brown Clay 5.5” Tsubo Length = 19"This is a ceramic bowl known as a chawan (tea bowl) used in a Japanese chado (tea ceremony). Suitable more for the summer season, its thin walls allow the tea to cool faster during the hot summer months. it is deep styled chawan used to keep the tea warm longer. It has . This chawan measures 5 1 2" wide at its widest by 3" tall. Having been in storage for 70 years it remains in fine condition.