Chawan and Tea Whisk
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This piece was a handmade 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 184 cm
- Width 54 cm
- Item Type Kakemono
- Jikusaki Wood
- Material Honshi Paper
- Period of Creation Meiji (1868–1912)
- Technique Hand-Painted
- Unique Work Yes
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Description
In the lower half of this hanging scroll, the painter sketched a Japanese tea bowl and its accompanying tea whisk with a few confident ink strokes – loosely thrown down and yet carried by great powers of observation, complemented by a few delicately blooming grasses at the edge of the image. The reference to the tea ceremony, Chanoyu, turns the motif into a quiet symbol of mindfulness and simple beauty in everyday life.
Above the painting rises a line of cursive calligraphy, whose flowing brushwork echoes the calm brush movement of the drawing below and unites both pictorial levels into a coherent whole. Red seal impressions next to the signature confirm the artist's authorship and give the sheet its individual character, while the shimmering blue-green border lends the overall composition a calm, refined mounting.
This unique work, painted on paper, dates from the Meiji period and is mounted on a wooden rod, as is customary for traditional kakemono. Anyone interested in Japanese tea culture or looking for an evocative wall image with a connection to Chanoyu will find in this hand-painted hanging scroll a particularly personal piece of Japanese art, unusual in its choice of motif.
