Kenzan-style Tea bowl with design of bamboo, late century. iron pigment under transparent glaze.
Chawan, Tea bowl by Goro Suzuki
Studio Ikkoku – Functional Vessels by Japanese Artist Toshihisa Ishihara
A Raku chawan. Grainy black lacquer is sharply interrupted by a jagged granite-like swoop and sudden rough pock-marks. Prompts meditation on the rugged unconquerable beauty of mountains.