Handcrafted Japanese Tea Bowl (Chawan) Hagi Ware
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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 7.5 cm
- Width 12 cm
- Weight 0.262 g
- Color Beige, Gray
- Item Type Chawan
- Material Ceramics
- Period of Creation Shôwa (1926–1989)
- Style / Tradition Hagi-yaki
- Unique Work Yes
- Wooden Box Yes
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Description
The porous, slightly sandy body of the Hagi ware absorbs moisture and gently changes color over time – an effect that tea masters have valued for centuries as 'Nanabake', the seven transformations of the Hagi bowl. Already, this tea bowl displays the warm, creamy glaze typical of Hagi-yaki, with subtle pink and beige nuances that run across the surface in fine crackle lines.
The squat, slightly bulging shape with its encircling grooves reveals the potter's free hand at the wheel, while the irregularly formed foot of the bowl lends it an earthbound, unassuming character. Hagi ware originally comes from the region of the same name in Yamaguchi Prefecture and is considered, alongside Raku ware and Karatsu ware, one of the most significant traditions of Japanese tea ceramics.
This handcrafted bowl comes in a wooden box signed by the master potter and invites one to experience for oneself the characteristic transformative quality of the Hagi glaze over years of use – a piece of lived tea culture from the Shôwa era.
