Signed Tea Ceremony Chawan Tea Bowl Gray. w/ Brown Clay 5.5” Tsubo It also features a thick

It also features a thick flat bottom which distributes the heat more evenly around the kettle

These pedestal bowls were used for carefully washing sakes cups

25" tall (16 x 21 cm)

1870 or as far back as late Edo) black lacquer bowls with lids were hand turned from cryptomeria wood with over twenty layers of black lacquer

Signed Tea Ceremony Chawan Tea Bowl Gray. w/ Brown Clay 5.5” Tsubo It also features a thickThis is a ceramic bowl known as a chawan (tea bowl) used in a Japanese chado (tea ceremony). Suitable more for the summer season, its thin walls allow the tea to cool faster during the hot summer months. it is deep styled chawan used to keep the tea warm longer. It has . This chawan measures 5 1 2" wide at its widest by 3" tall. Having been in storage for 70 years it remains in fine condition.