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What makes this chawan special
The up close look and feel
The exterior looks almost geological. Up close, the crackle pattern fragments vary in size from small chips to broader fields, all sitting in warm amber and brown, the lines between them dark and clear. There are areas where the glaze is more orange, others where it has cooled to a deeper olive.
The interior is its opposite: smooth, glossy, deep olive-black, like still water in shadow.
No two areas of this bowl look quite the same, and no two raku bowls fired in the same session would produce the same map. This one is fixed exactly as it is.
Charming details
When a raku bowl is pulled from the kiln with iron tongs, the tongs press into the glaze while it is still soft from the heat. Those marks stay. On the exterior of this bowl, if you look closely near the shoulder, you can find the faint impressions left by the tongs at the exact moment the maker lifted it from the fire.
They are the closest thing a ceramic object has to a timestamp.
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Raku-yaki (楽焼) style: hand-formed without wheel, low-fired, pulled from kiln while hot and air-cooled. Crackle glaze exterior, dark glaze interior.
Made by 仙巌 (Sengan), Shōwa-period studio potter in the raku tradition
He signed the tomobako, with red seal and incised his mark on the foot
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Shōwa period, estimated 1950s-1970s by the design of the box and the chawan
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Height: approx. 9 cm
Diameter: approx. 11.7 cm
Weight: approx. 350 gr
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Excellent vintage condition.
No chips, cracks or repairs.
The crackle pattern on the exterior glaze has no visible wear.
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Raku ware is low-fired and porous.
Rinse with clean water after use and allow to dry fully before storing.
Avoid soap, which the clay will absorb over time.
Do not place in a microwave or expose to sudden temperature changes: the thermal shock that made this bowl beautiful could also damage it.
*Decorative items such as the whisk are for styling
and scale purposes only and not included in the sale
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