{"product_id":"etsuzan-kiln-arita-ware-hira-chawan-crystalline-tenmoku-glaze-tea-bowl-with-tomobako","title":"Etsuzan Kiln Arita Ware Hira-Chawan — Crystalline Tenmoku Glaze Tea Bowl with Tomobako","description":"The crystals did not arrive by design. They emerged in the cooling — structure forming where chaos is allowed to slow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a hira-chawan, a flat bowl form. Low, wide, open. In summer temae, the flat bowl allows the tea to cool slightly, to breathe. The form itself is a decision about time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEtsuzan kiln works in Arita, Saga Prefecture — the birthplace of Japanese porcelain, a region where technical mastery has accumulated across four centuries. Here, that lineage turns inward. The glaze is dark, tenmoku-style, and across its surface chrysanthemum-like crystal formations have grown. Each crystal pattern is unrepeatable. The slow cooling that produces them cannot be fully controlled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally made as an offering bowl — goku chawan — and repurposed here as a matcha vessel. The form carries that original gravity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe interior is still. The crystals at the rim and wall shift with light. There is a visual conversation between the dark ground and the pale formations that does not resolve easily.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 14.5cm diameter × 6cm height\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good — no chips, no cracks\u003cbr\u003eIncludes: Tomobako (original wooden box)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor those drawn to glaze as phenomenon rather than surface. For the practitioner who prefers a bowl that continues to show you things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: 14.5 cm diameter x 6 cm height\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Good condition. No chips or cracks.\u003cbr\u003e• Includes: Tomobako (artist-signed box)\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","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61707591123314,"sku":"260323_a_2548","price":598.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m39245201787_1.jpg?v=1774579970","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/etsuzan-kiln-arita-ware-hira-chawan-crystalline-tenmoku-glaze-tea-bowl-with-tomobako","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}