Green Ao-Oribe Japanese Bowl for Tea Ceremony Chawan
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Green Ao-Oribe Japanese Bowl for Tea Ceremony Chawan:
$86.89
Ao-Oribe Chawan of Momoyama Or Early Edo Period
Little distorted half cylinder shaped (kutsugata) tea bowl made of light, coarse, unrefined Mino clay. The expertly thrown body is covered with the typical green copper oxideglaze inside and outside. A \'window\' on the side has been left unglazed for decoration with overlapping squares forming a kind of chain and two parallel linesin iron oxide engobe under a clear ash glaze. This is atypical Momoyama design. The somewhat irregular foot is typical for the late production of the 1620-ies at the Motoyashiki and Kamagane kilns. The bowl is perfectlybalanced and gives a very \'modern\'impression..
Mino Excavated Tea Ceramics
Mino ceramics were produced for theKyoto market; about 1630/40 a change of fashion took place, resulting in anoverproduction at the kilns. The merchandize was still warehoused at the kilns,but the Kyoto whole sellers did not buy anymore. This is also evidenced by anumber of full warehouses excavated in Kyoto.
Over the years the kilns werecovered by leaves and humus. Before the Tokyo Olympics an new highway was builttrough the region (the Chuo Expressway), during the construction unkown kilnswere unearthed but not scientifically recorded, because of time pressure. Onthe construction free weekends people (mostly farmers living nearby) went\'treasure hunting\' and found truck loads of tea bowls mizusashi and other teaceramics. Since about 1990 these pieces appear in the market in Japan, as youngpeople have little interest in tea ceremony or collecting anymore. Of coursethere are broken pieces, but many are unharmed and were well protected by thesoft earth of the woods; after rinsing the them with water, they look like new– even though many have discoloration from black soil at the unglazed areas.All four pieces I had TL-tested (Cost about $ 400 per piece) have confirmed anage about 400 yrs =/- 20%.
Diameter: 11.3-12.4 cmhight; 8.8 cmfoot ring: 7.8 cmNo box !
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Green Ao-Oribe Japanese Bowl for Tea Ceremony Chawan:
$86.89