Korean antique tea bowl/15th-16th century/ Joseon Dynasty / Wabi Sabi Tea Bowl

This is a white porcelain bowl made in Korea around the 15-16th century. This period is known as the Joseon Dynasty (15th-19th centuries). The 15-16th century corresponds to the firs...

This is a small black-glazed jar made in Korea between the 15th and 16th centuries. White porcelain is famous in Korea, but this was a type of porcelain that was only allowed to be u...

It is a very old jar in Japan. This is a pottery called Tokoname ware. Tokoname is a kiln located in Aichi prefecture, Japan. It is said to have originated around the 12th century. A...

This is Hagi ware made in the middle of the Edo period. Hagi ware is a type of pottery that began in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture in the early Edo period...

A bowl made around the 16th century in Vietnam. In Japan, trade with Vietnam has been active since the Muromachi period (around the 16th century). Many Vietnamese bowls have also bee...

This is unglazed pottery made in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The period is from the 12th century to the 13th century. This area has been producing high-quality tableware since around ...

Powder blue celadon ware is a type of porcelain made in Korea during the first half of the Joseon dynasty, mainly in the 15th century. It was made by applying a fine white slip over iron-rich clay, then covering it with a transparent glaze and firing it. It was mainly used for daily utensils such as bowls and bottles. Joseon ceramics...

A Korean Hori-Mishima Chawan (tea bowl) circa 16th-17th century (Joseon Dynasty). The tea bowl is of an upright conical form supported by a high foot ring. It was decorated with incised brushwood fence patterns filled with white slip on both the interior and exterior surface. These dominant motifs were spaced by three encircling double lines. Seven chrysanthemum flowers (inka) were stamped on the lower interior surrounding a swirling tea well on the bottom. There are six spur marks known as Meato in Japanese on the interior bottom and a pointy spot in the center of the foot ring known as Tokin. Two crack lines were historically repaired by superb Kintsugi, adding a mysterious wabi-sabi appeal to the piece. The Hori-Mishima bowl was also known as Gohon Mishima. It was made in Bushan Kilns of the Southern Gyeongsang Province specifically for the Japanese market in the 16th-17th century, when the tea ceremonies in Japan demanded such ware. The bowl comes with a purple fabric pouch...

Material: bronze Measures: 45,4 cm high 27,3 cm wide and 16,8 cm deep Weight: 8.320 kgs With traces of 24 krt. gilding Bhumisparsha mudra Originating from Thailand 15-16th century Inscriptions translated by the 'Lanna Folk life Museum, Chiang Mai' : Dated 400-500 years old, ""Late Mang-Rayi Third Period"" Inscriptions translated : Maha Ubataeka Tura Sattha - had this Buddha image...

A ceramic stoneware chawan tea bowl made in Korea circa 16-17th century. The chawan is identified as Ko-ido (small ido) due to its size and form. Ido bowls were made since 15th centu...

A ceramic chawan tea bowl made in Korea for Japanese market circa 17th century. The chawan is identified as Irabo type. Irabo bowls were essentially con...

A beautifully and sumptuously blue and white crackle glazed and colored, moon pot shaped, hand-decorated/painted Korean Buncheong porcelain vase. Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). The vase...