Vintage Japanese Signed Tea Ceremony Sado Chado Ochakoboshi Kensui Floral Scroll 5" tall (14 x 19

5" tall (14 x 19 cm)

Also known as a calligraphy chest as it housed an ink stone (suzuri)

ensuring peace and safety for all who visit

It comes with a matching signed paulownia wood box

A lid to close off the ink pot and brush together

Vintage Japanese Signed Tea Ceremony Sado Chado Ochakoboshi Kensui Floral Scroll 5" tall (14 x 19This is a vintage Japanese ceramic bowl known as a ochakoboshi (waster water bowl) used in a Japanese sado chado (tea ceremony). This vessel has a Japanese artist's seal imprinted on the bottom (see picture 8). It is a type of Kyo yaki kiyomizu yaki (made in Kyoto) tea bowl. This bowl has floral imagery, depicting the flower kiku (Chrysanthemum). During the tea ceremony the tea bowl is rinsed once to warm the bowl and another time to rinse it clean.