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Kutani Ware Tea Bowl by Hakusui - Camellia Overglaze Enamel Chawan with Crackle Glaze
Kutani Ware Tea Bowl by Hakusui - Camellia Overglaze Enamel Chawan with Crackle Glaze
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Experience authentic Japanese ceramics with this Kutani Ware Tea Bowl by Hakusui. This Japanese Matcha Bowl serves as a Kutani Overglaze Enamel masterpiece and Handmade Tea Ceremony Chawan, featuring Camellia Floral Design and Crackle Glaze artistry—a must-have for any Japanese Art Collector seeking authentic Zen Tea Accessories and Traditional Kutani Ceramic.
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🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]
• Artist: Hakusui (柏翠)
• Technique: Overglaze enamel painting (上絵付) on white crackle glaze (貫入) with gold detailing
• Era: Contemporary (Heisei period)
• Origin: Kutani, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
• Dimensions: Height approx. 7 cm × Diameter approx. 11 cm (2.8" × 4.3")
• Box: None
• Condition: Good — no chips, cracks, or repairs
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🔹 [ CULTURAL & ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]
Kutani ware carries within it a history of interruption and revival. Originating in the mid-17th century in what is now Ishikawa Prefecture, the original kilns fell silent after barely fifty years — their sudden closure still unexplained. When production resumed in the early 19th century, the revived tradition carried both the memory of its ancestors and a determination to push the overglaze enamel palette further than before.
Hakusui's work on this tea bowl demonstrates the refined end of that continuum. White camellias rendered in raised enamel float against a crackle-glazed surface, their petals outlined in gold with a confidence that comes from repetition disciplined by attention. The warm amber band across the midsection introduces a tonal warmth that grounds the composition, while a pale blue wash near the foot suggests depth — as though the bowl remembers the winter sky under which camellias bloom.
The interior carries calligraphy in black ink, a practice that transforms the bowl from vessel into conversation. The practitioner encounters this text only when the tea is finished — a final gesture of intimacy between maker and user.
*"A camellia falls whole — not petal by petal. This is the weight of completeness."*
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🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]
**Kutani Overglaze Enamel Tradition**: Kutani ware is defined by its uwae-tsuke (上絵付) — the application of vitreous enamels over a fired glaze, followed by a second firing at lower temperature. The palette historically centers on five colors (gosai: green, yellow, purple, navy, red), but Hakusui's approach here favors restraint — white, green, and gold — allowing the crackle surface to participate as a visual element rather than disappear beneath color.
**Kannyu — The Crackle Network**: The fine crackle pattern (貫入, kannyu) running through the white glaze is not a defect but a consequence of differential cooling between glaze and clay body. Over time, tea and use will gradually stain these lines, giving the bowl a deepening patina that records its history of service. Each bowl becomes singular through use.
**Camellia Symbolism in Tea Culture**: The tsubaki (椿, camellia) holds a particular place in chado. It is the flower of winter tea gatherings, blooming when little else does. Its association with wabi — beauty found in modest, quiet things — makes it among the most appropriate motifs for a tea bowl. The flower falls from the branch intact, a quality the Japanese associate with dignity and resolve.
**Interior Calligraphy**: The poem inscribed inside the bowl follows a tradition in which the maker offers a final, private exchange with the tea drinker. Visible only when the matcha has been consumed, the text arrives at a moment of completion — turning the act of drinking into an act of reading, and the bowl into a letter.
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🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]
【基本情報】
• 作家：柏翠
• 技法：上絵付（色絵）、貫入白釉、金彩
• 時代：平成
• 産地：九谷（石川県）
• 寸法：高さ約7cm × 口径約11cm
• 付属：箱なし
• 状態：良好（ヒビ・カケなし）
【解説】
本作は九谷焼の作家・柏翠による茶碗です。白い貫入釉の上に、白椿と緑の葉が色絵で丁寧に描かれ、金彩の輪郭線が花弁に品格を与えています。胴部を横切る琥珀色の帯が温かみを添え、高台付近の淡い青みが奥行きを生んでいます。
九谷焼は江戸前期に始まり、一度途絶えた後、再興九谷として華やかな上絵付の伝統を発展させました。柏翠はその系譜の中で、五彩の賑やかさよりも余白と静けさを重視した作風を見せています。
見込みに墨書の和歌が記されており、茶を飲み干した後に初めて現れるという趣向です。茶碗と向き合う時間の最後に、作り手からの静かな言葉が届く——この親密さもまた、茶の湯の精神そのものです。
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🔹 [ SHIPPING & PACKAGING ]
• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days
• Carrier: Japan Post EMS / UPS (with tracking)
• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials
*Beneath the last sip, a voice waits — patient as camellias beneath snow.*
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🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]
• Artist: Hakusui (柏翠)
• Technique: Overglaze enamel painting (上絵付) on white crackle glaze (貫入) with gold detailing
• Era: Contemporary (Heisei period)
• Origin: Kutani, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
• Dimensions: Height approx. 7 cm × Diameter approx. 11 cm (2.8" × 4.3")
• Box: None
• Condition: Good — no chips, cracks, or repairs
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🔹 [ CULTURAL & ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]
Kutani ware carries within it a history of interruption and revival. Originating in the mid-17th century in what is now Ishikawa Prefecture, the original kilns fell silent after barely fifty years — their sudden closure still unexplained. When production resumed in the early 19th century, the revived tradition carried both the memory of its ancestors and a determination to push the overglaze enamel palette further than before.
Hakusui's work on this tea bowl demonstrates the refined end of that continuum. White camellias rendered in raised enamel float against a crackle-glazed surface, their petals outlined in gold with a confidence that comes from repetition disciplined by attention. The warm amber band across the midsection introduces a tonal warmth that grounds the composition, while a pale blue wash near the foot suggests depth — as though the bowl remembers the winter sky under which camellias bloom.
The interior carries calligraphy in black ink, a practice that transforms the bowl from vessel into conversation. The practitioner encounters this text only when the tea is finished — a final gesture of intimacy between maker and user.
*"A camellia falls whole — not petal by petal. This is the weight of completeness."*
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]
**Kutani Overglaze Enamel Tradition**: Kutani ware is defined by its uwae-tsuke (上絵付) — the application of vitreous enamels over a fired glaze, followed by a second firing at lower temperature. The palette historically centers on five colors (gosai: green, yellow, purple, navy, red), but Hakusui's approach here favors restraint — white, green, and gold — allowing the crackle surface to participate as a visual element rather than disappear beneath color.
**Kannyu — The Crackle Network**: The fine crackle pattern (貫入, kannyu) running through the white glaze is not a defect but a consequence of differential cooling between glaze and clay body. Over time, tea and use will gradually stain these lines, giving the bowl a deepening patina that records its history of service. Each bowl becomes singular through use.
**Camellia Symbolism in Tea Culture**: The tsubaki (椿, camellia) holds a particular place in chado. It is the flower of winter tea gatherings, blooming when little else does. Its association with wabi — beauty found in modest, quiet things — makes it among the most appropriate motifs for a tea bowl. The flower falls from the branch intact, a quality the Japanese associate with dignity and resolve.
**Interior Calligraphy**: The poem inscribed inside the bowl follows a tradition in which the maker offers a final, private exchange with the tea drinker. Visible only when the matcha has been consumed, the text arrives at a moment of completion — turning the act of drinking into an act of reading, and the bowl into a letter.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]
【基本情報】
• 作家：柏翠
• 技法：上絵付（色絵）、貫入白釉、金彩
• 時代：平成
• 産地：九谷（石川県）
• 寸法：高さ約7cm × 口径約11cm
• 付属：箱なし
• 状態：良好（ヒビ・カケなし）
【解説】
本作は九谷焼の作家・柏翠による茶碗です。白い貫入釉の上に、白椿と緑の葉が色絵で丁寧に描かれ、金彩の輪郭線が花弁に品格を与えています。胴部を横切る琥珀色の帯が温かみを添え、高台付近の淡い青みが奥行きを生んでいます。
九谷焼は江戸前期に始まり、一度途絶えた後、再興九谷として華やかな上絵付の伝統を発展させました。柏翠はその系譜の中で、五彩の賑やかさよりも余白と静けさを重視した作風を見せています。
見込みに墨書の和歌が記されており、茶を飲み干した後に初めて現れるという趣向です。茶碗と向き合う時間の最後に、作り手からの静かな言葉が届く——この親密さもまた、茶の湯の精神そのものです。
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🔹 [ SHIPPING & PACKAGING ]
• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days
• Carrier: Japan Post EMS / UPS (with tracking)
• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials
*Beneath the last sip, a voice waits — patient as camellias beneath snow.*
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