A flat tea bowl alive with movement — white brushstrokes pulled across a pink-mauve clay body in a single, unrepeatable gesture. Hakeme hira-chawan. Artist work. The wide, open form invites the eye inward before the hand has lifted.
This is a hira-chawan, the shallow ceremonial bowl used in summer tea practice, where surface and space hold equal weight. The brushstroke glaze — hakeme — is among the oldest mark-making traditions in Japanese ceramics, each stroke a record of the maker's speed, pressure, intention. No two are the same.
[ ITEM DETAILS ] • Form: Hira-chawan (flat tea bowl) • Glaze: Hakeme (white brushstroke over pink-mauve clay) • Condition: No chips or cracks • Box: Paper presentation box inscribed 刷毛目 茶碗 • Signed artist work
[ CULTURAL CONTEXT ] Hakeme arrived in Japan from Korean ceramic tradition, carried by the aesthetic attention of tea masters who saw in its rough vitality an antidote to excessive refinement. The flat chawan — hira-chawan — became the vessel of high summer, its wide mouth releasing steam and allowing the tea's surface to cool. To hold one is to participate in a practice measured in centuries, not trends.
[ FOR THE COLLECTOR ] Artist-made hakeme hira-chawan occupy a distinct category: the brushstroke is not decoration applied after form, but evidence of the making itself. The pink clay body visible between strokes is not a flaw — it is the conversation between ground and gesture that defines the piece. This bowl carries that dialogue intact.
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