{"product_id":"kai-awase-chawan-by-tsugitsu-kozanzan-kyoto-polychrome-figure-painting-gold-wood-box","title":"Kai-Awase Chawan by Tsugitsu Kozanzan — Kyoto Polychrome Figure Painting, Gold, Wood Box","description":"A Kyoto-ware chawan whose warm cream body carries the classical kai-awase motif — shell-shaped medallions enclosing miniature landscapes, human figures, and pine trees, rendered in polychrome enamels and gold. By Tsugitsu Kozanzan. Presented in its original tomobako.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKai-awase was a Heian court game in which paired shells were matched by the painted scenes inside. On this bowl, each shell medallion contains a world: a cloaked figure in deep green, a distant mountain, a stand of pine. Gold hatching fills the ground between shells, and scattered gold motifs drift across the reverse in quiet constellation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKyoto-ware (Kyo-yaki) has long occupied the apex of Japanese decorative ceramics. Its painters worked in the tradition of court art — refined, literary, and attuned to seasonal reference. This bowl belongs to that tradition: the imagery is specific, the execution deliberate, the intention to bring the elegance of Heian culture into the tea space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe form itself is generous and rounded, with a slightly flared rim — suitable for both thin tea (usucha) and thick tea (koicha).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【貝合せ茶碗 通次嵩山造】\u003cbr\u003e象牙色の地に貝合せ文を精緻な色絵と金彩で描いた京焼茶碗。通次嵩山造、共箱付き。\u003cbr\u003e貝形の中に人物・山水・松を描き、金の地文が胴をめぐる。裏面には金の散らし文様。\u003cbr\u003e高さ約8.4cm、径約12.5cm。雅な意匠の茶碗です。\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":61649490968946,"sku":"260307_a_2390","price":683.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m19768944007_1.jpg?v=1773129231","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/kai-awase-chawan-by-tsugitsu-kozanzan-kyoto-polychrome-figure-painting-gold-wood-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}