Chawan Made of Tanba Ware by Tsuyoshi Uenaka
Sold – no longer available
This piece was handmade by Tsuyoshi Uenaka 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 7 cm
- Width 9.5 cm
- Weight 1 g
- Color Brown, Gray, Green
- Item Type Chawan
- Material Ceramics
- Period of Creation Shôwa (1926–1989)
- Style / Tradition Tamba-yaki
- Unique Work Yes
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Description
Earthy brown tones, honey-colored orange, and shimmering green streaks merge on this tea bowl into an image left entirely to the nature of the kiln. The chawan is made in the Tanba-yaki style, one of the six old Japanese ceramic traditions, whose hallmark is the deliberate renunciation of applied painting in favor of flame marks, ash glaze, and natural color development. It bears the signature of the master potter Tsuyoshi Uenaka, esteemed for his skill, whose works are known for their calm, unobtrusive elegance.
In several places on the wall, the glaze has torn open and developed fine crack lines (crackle), giving the bowl a lively, almost stone-like texture. The foot is left unglazed and shows the warm, sandy body of the fired clay.
The handy size makes the chawan a fully functional vessel for the tea ceremony, and it is equally impressive as an object for collectors of Japanese studio ceramics. A piece from the Shōwa period that impressively captures the quiet beauty of Tanba firing.
