Two very 'wabi sabi' tea bowls

[Guest Simon R]

Two new chawan I picked up this week. The first is a classic kuro Raku bowl, the glaze of which has just started to settle down to that nice muted, aged appearance despite this being a modern piece. The second (pictured in front of the wooden box) is Bizen-yaki, made around 1988.

 

Simon

[ROKUJURO]

Simon,

congratulations! In my opinion, both are very beautiful CHAWAN!

My favourite would be the BIZEN one, though. Functional, temperate: outstanding.

[Mark S.]

Both are very nice!

[Fuuten]

The Raku bowl almost likens itself to lacquer ware chawan. Any chance you know who made them?

 

Thanks for sharing.

[ROKUJURO]

Axel,

the RAKU CHAWAN has a good seal stamp which I think reads MITSUYUKI. But I am not an expert!

[Xander Chia]

On 6/22/2023 at 6:16 PM, ROKUJURO said:

Axel,

the RAKU CHAWAN has a good seal stamp which I think reads MITSUYUKI. But I am not an expert!

Possibly 九行?

[Bugyotsuji]

九行茶碗 - 検索 (bing.com)

 

小野九行 probably, as Xander says above.　Ono Kugyo.

NO.141　大野九行作の黒楽茶碗ってこんなの - YouTube

 

[ROKUJURO]

Thank you! Wrong again, as most of the time, but learning!