Vintage Japanese Ceramic Tea Bowl Chawan Chinese This particular lacquer is beige

This particular lacquer is beige and decorated with fishing nets drying out on sticks

This 140 plus year old antique kiseru measures 9" (20 cm) long

It is a combination of printed background and hand painted showing a garden scene and tea house with geisha women in kimono

He raises a small kotsuzuchi (打ち出の小槌

Vintage Japanese Ceramic Tea Bowl Chawan Chinese This particular lacquer is beigeThis is a vintage Japanese ceramic bowl known as a chawan (tea bowl) used in Japanese chado (tea ceremony). Showa era or mid to late 20th century. This bowl was hand painted, and high fired for lasting durability. This chawan measures approximately 5" in diameter by 3" tall. Having been in carefully stored or very lovingly use, it remains in very fine condition.