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Vintage Japanese Oribe Ware Tea Bowl, Chawan, by Matsumoto Tetsuzan

About the Item

A charming vintage Japanese oribe glazed chawan by Matsumoto Tetsuzan (b. 1955), Seto, Japan. The tea bowl, called a chawan, wonderfully potted with a high sides and a deep well. The buff colored stoneware glazed in the typical ao-oribe fashion, with a cream colored crackle glaze and wide swaths of lustrous and drippy copper-green glaze. The green glazed thickening and pooling as it drips down both the interior and exterior. A simple design of three grain plants, perhaps rice seedlings, painted in iron oxide brown grace either side, flanked by the green glaze. The underside with an impressed potter's mark. With the original inscribed tomobako storage box. Chawan measurements: 3.25" height 4.75" diameter Tomobako measurements: 5" x 5.75" x 5.75".
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 5 in (12.7 cm)Width: 5.75 in (14.61 cm)Depth: 5.75 in (14.61 cm)
  • Style:
    Edo (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 2000
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. No condition issues noted.
  • Seller Location:
    Austin, TX
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU894731155822
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