Vintage Japanese Handmade Chawan Mid Showa Gray & White Geometric Patterns 5.5" Text it offers stability and authenticity

it offers stability and authenticity

It includes the body

They serve both functional and aesthetic purposes

Beautiful deeply carved relief of bamboo and a flower

Vintage Japanese Handmade Chawan Mid Showa Gray & White Geometric Patterns 5.5" Text it offers stability and authenticityThis is a ceramic bowl known as a chawan (tea bowl) used in a Japanese chanoyu (tea ceremony). It dates from the mid Showa Era. It is imprinted with white colored geometric shapes glazed with gray, the clay used is a deep brown. This chawan measures 5 1 2" in diameter and about 3" tall (12. 5 x 7. 5 cm). Having been in storage with limited use for decades it remains in very fine condition.