Chawan Made of Raku Ware by Keizan Ono
Sold – no longer available
This piece was handmade by Keizan Ono and was a one-of-a-kind work. It cannot be reordered and will never exist in this form again. The page stays online as part of our archive.
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Details about the sold piece
- Height 8 cm
- Width 11.5 cm
- Weight 0.3 g
- Color Black
- Item Type Chawan
- Material Ceramics
- Period of Creation Shôwa (1926–1989)
- Style / Tradition Raku-yaki
- Unique Work Yes
- Wooden Box Yes
No longer available
Description
A slightly angular, irregularly shaped rim reveals at first glance that this tea bowl was not thrown on the potter's wheel but built entirely by hand – a technique that has been cultivated in Raku-yaki for centuries. The Chawan bears the stamp of Keizan Ono and is covered with a dense, matte black glaze that gently gleams along the curves, lending the bowl a calm, almost earthen presence.
The organic silhouette with its subtle asymmetries makes every Raku Chawan a unique work that rests comfortably in the palm while drinking. At the foot, the glaze breaks off, revealing the warm, reddish body that testifies to the traditional firing technique.
Delivered in a wooden box signed by the master potter, this piece is ideally suited for the tea ceremony as well as for use as a contemplative collector's object. A restrained yet expressive work from the Shōwa period, one that makes tangible the philosophy of simplicity and immediacy in the Japanese way of tea.
