Karatsu tea bowl, kawakujira chawan
Japan, Karatsu kilns
Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1568-1600)
With a waisted and warped rim, kawakujira decoration (underglaze iron black marks to the rim suggesting whale skin), and elegant old kintsugi repairs. 7cm high, 12cm wide. Together with a silk shifuku and an old Japanese wooden box.
Catalogue 190.
Japan, Karatsu kilns
Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1568-1600)
With a waisted and warped rim, kawakujira decoration (underglaze iron black marks to the rim suggesting whale skin), and elegant old kintsugi repairs. 7cm high, 12cm wide. Together with a silk shifuku and an old Japanese wooden box.
Catalogue 190.
Japan, Karatsu kilns
Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1568-1600)
With a waisted and warped rim, kawakujira decoration (underglaze iron black marks to the rim suggesting whale skin), and elegant old kintsugi repairs. 7cm high, 12cm wide. Together with a silk shifuku and an old Japanese wooden box.
Catalogue 190.