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What is a Japanese chawan?
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Chawan literally means tea bowl. A Japanese chawan is a tea bowl meant to be held in both hands, often made of glazed stoneware.
Lotus GalleryMarch 17, 2021
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Japanese Chawan 'Teabowl' Edo Period
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
A Japanese Chawan. Glazed pottery. 19th century or older.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$510 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Chawan Tea Bowl by Tannyu 10th Raku Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Aka-Raku Chawan (red-glazed tea bowl) by Raku Tannyu (1795-1854), the tenth-generation head of the Raku kiln.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Edo Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Janet Leach Signed British Studio Pottery Japanese Chawan Tea Bowl with Box 1971
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed and glazed Japanese Mingei style Chawan tea ceremony bowl with ears by esteemed American born/ British potter Janet Leach, wife of famed master ceramicist Bern...
Category
Vintage 1970s British Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Japanese Handmade Ceramic Pottery Textured Chawan Yunomi Tea Ceremony Cup Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
Wonderfully made and designed Japanese Chawan or Yunomi tea cup. Great texture and color.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Pottery
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Japanese Signed Wabi-Sabi Pottery Glazed Chawan Tea Bowl Style of Bernard Leach
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous tenmoku drip glazed Japanese Chawan tea bowl that features a mix of shifting colors, glazes and textures.
Category
20th Century Japanese Folk Art Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Japanese Glazed Kyo-yaki Tea Bowl Nin'ami Dohachi Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese chawan (tea bowl) of Kyo-yaki (Kyoto ware) attributed to Nin'ami Dōhachi, also known as Takahashi Dōhachi (1783–1855).
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
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Chinese Pair Qilin Guardian Sculptures, Carved Wood and Gilt Lacquer, Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
A magnificent pair of Chinese Choazhou (Teochew) carved wood and gilt lacquered mythical guardian beasts known as qilin, late Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), circa 1900, southern China.
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Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Wood, Softwood, Lacquer, Paint
Pair Chinese Ming Dynasty Gold and Spinel Hair Ornaments, 17th c
Located in Austin, TX
A rare and unusual pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty hair ornaments crafted in high karat gold with cabochon spinels, and featuring images of cranes amongst clouds, early to mid 17th cent...
Category
Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Antiquities
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold
Japanese Lacquer Tray by Zohiko, Meiji/Taisho Period, Early 20th Century, Japan
By Zōhiko Studio
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely Japanese lacquer decorated tray with images of hemp leaves, maple leaves, and cherry blossoms by Zohiko, Meiji or Taisho Period, early 20th century, Japan.
The graceful tra...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer, Wood, Urushi lacquer
Japanese Kodaiji Maki-e Lacquer Kyarabako Incense Box, Momoyama Period
Located in Austin, TX
A striking and rare Japanese Kodaiji style lacquer kyara-bako, box for precious agarwood incense, Momoyama period (1573-1615), late 16th to early 17th century, Japan.
The rectangula...
Category
Antique 16th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Copper
19th Century Japanese Lacquer Document Box, Ryoshibako, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A resplendent Japanese gold maki-e lacquer ryoshibako, document box, Meiji Period, late 19th century, Japan.
The large document box, known in Japan as a ryoshibako, is decorated al...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Gold, Silver
Large Antique Tibetan Hand Hammered Copper Ritual Vessel or Butter Lamp
Located in Austin, TX
An unusually large antique Tibetan hammered copper ritual offering vessel or butter lamp with inset turquoise, 19th/20th century, circa 1900, Tibet.
The hand hammered copper vessel...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Metalwork
Materials
Stone, Copper
Large 18th Century Chinese Porcelain Turquoise Blue Glazed Budai Buddha
Located in Austin, TX
A large and impressive Chinese turquoise blue glazed figure of Budai, the Happy Buddha, presented on a fitted hardwood stand, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, China.
The jovial and corpu...
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain, Hardwood
