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  1. Japanese Tea Bowl - 400 Year Old Conclusion

     

    After reviewing all " confidence " the seller put in the Tea Bowl listings, I still do not think these are  " 400 year old Mino " bowls.

    For me, I bought them because these potters/makers made  bowls that I like.

    Actually, the seller had a nice selections of the kind of tea bowls I wanted at the time, and, under 150 dollars.

    Small price to pay for the maker's share and the seller's profit.

    That is why I am not worried about this being real " 400 year old bowls. "

     

    One thing happen, and, happen to this one  bowl I bought from him..

    The box was flimsy and the bowl was not well packed for a 400 year old tea bowl.

    Oh well....  LOL 

     

    Ao-Oribe Chawan of  Early Edo Period

    " Distorted 'shoe' shaped (Kutsugata) tea bowl with a rounded brim,  made of light, coarse, unrefined Mino clay.

    The expertly thrown body was trimmed with a potter's knife in its lower part and around the foot ring.

    This bowl was covered with a green copper oxide glaze.

    On one side a window left unglazed and covered with a thin transparent ash glaze under which hoshigaki (persimmons hanging from a roof in winter for drying) and some square devices to scare birds off (this is the most popular interpretation) were painted in iron oxide.

    The foot ring is in a shape frequently found on shards excavated at the Entogawa-kiln in Mino, active during the first quarter of the 17th century. "

    Tea Bowl Box xx.jpg

    Broken Tea Bowl.JPG

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