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Japanese Summer Tea Bowl | Iron Glaze Brushwork on White Slip | Hirawan Chawan with Tomobako

Japanese Summer Tea Bowl | Iron Glaze Brushwork on White Slip | Hirawan Chawan with Tomobako

Regular price Dhs. 469.00 AED
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A summer tea bowl built for open air and green tea. Wide, shallow, unhurried — the hirawan form invites the bowl to be held with both hands and turned slowly, the way summer light moves across water.

🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]
• Artist: Shuzan (seal-signed; Japanese artisan)
• Origin: Japan
• Material: Stoneware with iron glaze (tetsu-yu) and white slip (hakeme)
• Motif: Brushed Iron Glaze on White Slip Ground
• Era: 1990_2000
• Box: Tomobako (artist's wooden presentation box)
• Condition: Good, carefully inspected

🔹 [ Cultural & Artistic Insight ]
The surface carries its history visibly. A white slip ground, applied with deliberate roughness, catches the iron glaze where it was brushed on in vertical strokes and allowed to run. Where the two glazes meet, the iron darkens to near-black. Where it thins at the rim, it feathers into rust and smoke. The interior holds a faint spiral from the throwing, a quiet record of the hand that shaped it.

The foot is compact and cleanly trimmed, exposing warm reddish clay beneath — a grounding note against the pale body above.

Comes in its original paulownia wood box (tomobako), with brushed inscription and seal. The box reads: Tetsu-yu Hirawan — Iron Glaze Summer Tea Bowl. The seal is read as Shuzan.

🔹 [ Deep-Dive Commentary ]
A practiced piece from a Japanese artisan working in the wabi idiom. No cracks, no chips, no restoration. Ready for use.

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DETAILS
Type: Hirawan (flat summer tea bowl / hira chawan)
Glaze: Iron glaze (tetsu-yu) with white slip (hakeme)
Clay: Stoneware with warm reddish body
Estimated diameter: approx. 14–15 cm
Condition: Excellent — no cracks, chips, or repairs
Box: Original paulownia tomobako included
Maker: Japanese artisan; seal reads Shuzan

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🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]
白化粧地に鉄釉を大胆な刷毛目で施した平茶碗。釉薬が垂れ流れる景色は偶然の産物でありながら、計算を超えた美しさを持つ。広く浅い平茶碗は夏の薄茶に最適で、手に取ると静かな重みがある。共箱の書付けには「鉄釉平茶碗」、落款は「主山」と読まれる。無名ながら作品としての完結性が高く、日常の茶の時間を豊かにする一碗。

🔹 [ SHIPPING & PACKAGING ]
• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days
• Carrier: Japan Post EMS / UPS (with tracking)
• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials
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