Vintage Japanese Signed Tea Ceremony Sado Chado Ochakoboshi Kensui Floral Scroll This deep red box and

This deep red box and brown interior lacquer

This item is the perfect accent to display flowers or anything else in a verity of ways

This large 57" by 55" piece has various indigo

Blade width: 1 5/8" (41mm)

Vintage Japanese Signed Tea Ceremony Sado Chado Ochakoboshi Kensui Floral Scroll This deep red box andThis is a vintage Japanese ceramic bowl known as a ochakoboshi (waster water bowl) used in a Japanese sado chado (tea ceremony). This vessel has a Japanese artist's seal imprinted on the bottom (see picture 8). It is a type of Kyo yaki kiyomizu yaki (made in Kyoto) tea bowl. This bowl has floral imagery, depicting the flower kiku (Chrysanthemum). During the tea ceremony the tea bowl is rinsed once to warm the bowl and another time to rinse it clean.