Aka-raku tea bowl (chawan) by Raku Kichizaemon VII (Chonyu) (1714-1770)
Kyoto, Japan
Edo Period (1603-1868), 18th Century
Covered in a orangey-red glaze with greyish-green splashes at the base, the front (shomen) with carved indentation. 7.75cm high and 11.75cm diameter. Together with a fine old green silk-brocade shifuku and the original signed wooden box (tomobako).
Cat. 187
Kyoto, Japan
Edo Period (1603-1868), 18th Century
Covered in a orangey-red glaze with greyish-green splashes at the base, the front (shomen) with carved indentation. 7.75cm high and 11.75cm diameter. Together with a fine old green silk-brocade shifuku and the original signed wooden box (tomobako).
Cat. 187
Kyoto, Japan
Edo Period (1603-1868), 18th Century
Covered in a orangey-red glaze with greyish-green splashes at the base, the front (shomen) with carved indentation. 7.75cm high and 11.75cm diameter. Together with a fine old green silk-brocade shifuku and the original signed wooden box (tomobako).
Cat. 187