{"product_id":"ando-minoru-e-shino-tea-bowl-iron-lattice-motif-mino-chawan-with-box","title":"Ando Minoru E-Shino Tea Bowl - Iron Lattice Motif Mino Chawan with Box","description":"Experience authentic Japanese Shino ware with this Ando Minoru E-Shino Tea Bowl. This Iron Painted Mino Chawan serves as a Momoyama Style Ceramic and Shino Glaze Masterwork, featuring Lattice Motif Design and Mino Stoneware Art—a must-have for any Art Collector seeking Japanese Tea Bowls and Wabi Sabi Ceramics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Ando Minoru (安藤實), also known as Ando Shunsui (安藤春水)\u003cbr\u003e• Type: E-Shino Chawan (絵志野茶碗)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: E-Shino (painted Shino) — iron-painted designs under white feldspathic glaze\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Showa–Heisei period (mature period work)\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Mino (Toki City), Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Dia approx. 13.8 cm × H approx. 8.3–8.8 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Tomobako (signed wooden box) with cloth wrapper\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndo Minoru (1927–2015) devoted his life to understanding the ceramic traditions of Mino — the heartland of Shino, Oribe, and Ki-Seto wares that defined the Momoyama tea aesthetic. He served as vice-director of the Toki City Ceramic Testing Facility and authored books on antique pottery (koto), channeling decades of scholarly inquiry into a bold, unrestrained ceramic practice centered on kohiki, Shino, and Oribe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eE-Shino (painted Shino) is among the most celebrated expressions of the Mino tradition. Iron pigment is brushed directly onto the clay body, then covered with a thick white feldspathic glaze. During firing, the painted motifs emerge through the milky surface with a softened, almost dreamlike quality — a dialogue between the potter's brushwork and the kiln's atmosphere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"The lattice holds — not the glaze, but the intention beneath it.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**E-Shino Tradition**: E-Shino originated in the Mino region during the Momoyama period (late 16th century) as one of several Shino sub-styles. Unlike plain Shino (mu-ji Shino) with its undecorated white surface, E-Shino introduces iron-pigment painting beneath the glaze — creating a layered visual experience where brushwork and kiln effects negotiate the final surface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Surface Character**: This bowl carries Ando's characteristic directness. Bold lattice and cross (X) motifs in grey-blue iron pigment assert themselves beneath the creamy Shino surface, their geometry softened but never dissolved by the thick glaze. Where the glaze thins — particularly along the rim and at points of the hand-shaped contours — warm orange-red fire color (hi-iro) breaks through, evidence of the iron-rich Mino clay responding to the kiln.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Form and Making**: The form itself is deliberately irregular: a wavy, undulating rim and robust stoneware walls shaped by hand rather than turned to precision. This is the Momoyama spirit that Ando studied and internalized — the conviction that a tea bowl gains its life not from perfection but from the accumulation of decisive gestures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Provenance**: The tomobako bears the inscription \"志野\" (Shino) with the artist's signature \"實\" and red seal, confirming attribution within the Mino E-Shino tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【基本情報】\u003cbr\u003e• 作家：安藤實（安藤春水）\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：絵志野（鉄絵付長石釉）\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：昭和〜平成\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：美濃（土岐市）\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：径 約13.8cm × 高 約8.3〜8.8cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：共箱（署名入り）・布\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：良好\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e安藤實（1927–2015）は、古陶磁の研究者としても知られ、土岐市窯業試験場副場長を務めた陶芸家です。粉引・志野・織部を中心に、大胆で闊達な作風を展開しました。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e本作は白い長石釉の下に鉄絵で格子・十字文を描いた絵志野の茶碗です。灰青色の鉄絵文様が乳白色の釉の中から浮かび上がり、釉薬の薄い部分には緋色が表れます。手捻りによる不整形な口縁が桃山陶の力強さを伝える一碗です。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ SHIPPING \u0026amp; PACKAGING ]\u003cbr\u003e• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days\u003cbr\u003e• Carrier: Japan Post EMS \/ UPS (with tracking)\u003cbr\u003e• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*A lattice of iron beneath a veil of snow — the Momoyama spirit, carried forward by a scholar's hand.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61591684710770,"sku":"260113_a_1494","price":940.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m73399223298_1.jpg?v=1770952657","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/ando-minoru-e-shino-tea-bowl-iron-lattice-motif-mino-chawan-with-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}