Japanese Mountain Chawan Tea Ceremony Bowl Landscape White 4.5" Embroidery Its deeper shape makes it

Its deeper shape makes it more suitable for tea ceremony of the winter months as it holds its warmth longer than the lower flatter summer style

This tsuba is made with typical forged steel and is in the shape of a marugata and has lotus leaves engraved around openwork

This is a type of Kakesuzuri and contains a Tegata box (passport box) that is dated from the early Edo Era (1675)

This large 49" by 57" piece has various shades of indigo blue and red dyes which was applied using a paste resist printing process known as tsutsugaki to create these designs

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Japanese Mountain Chawan Tea Ceremony Bowl Landscape White 4.5" Embroidery Its deeper shape makes itThis is a vintage Japanese ceramic bowl known as a chawan (tea bowl) used in Japanese chado (tea ceremony). Its thick high walls make it more suitable for tea ceremony of the cooler months. This bowl was hand thrown and high fired for lasting durability. It is has a warm white base clay with a dark stylized landscape of trees and hills in gray, as an over glaze above a white crackle glaze. Inscribed by the potter (see picture 9). This chawan measures