{"product_id":"lavender-blue-glazed-tea-bowl-shoun-gama-pine-cloud-kiln-chawan-with-tomobako","title":"Lavender Blue Glazed Tea Bowl — Shoun-gama Pine Cloud Kiln Chawan with Tomobako","description":"Experience authentic Japanese tea ceramics with this Lavender Blue Glazed Tea Bowl from Shoun-gama. This Pine Cloud Kiln Chawan serves as a Japanese Matcha Bowl and Jun-yao Inspired Chawan, featuring Opalescent Blue Glaze and Cloudy Lavender Finish—a must-have for any collector seeking Ash Glaze Pottery and Tea Ceremony Vessels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Shoun-gama (松雲釜 \/ Pine Cloud Kiln)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Ash-based or Jun-yao inspired blue glaze — opalescent, cloudy surface\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Contemporary\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: W 12 cm × H 7 cm (4.7\" × 2.8\")\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Tomobako inscribed with kiln name 松雲釜\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Good — clean, no chips or repairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are glazes that declare their color, and there are glazes that hold it in suspension — hovering between states, never quite resolving into a single hue. The lavender-blue surface of this Shoun-gama tea bowl belongs to the second category. It does not announce. It shifts: pale blue under overhead light, faint purple at the rim, grey-blue in shadow. The opalescent quality suggests a Jun-yao (鈍窯) lineage — that ancient Chinese tradition of copper- and iron-bearing glazes that produce blues and purples through kiln atmosphere rather than painted pigment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe bowl’s compact form — 12 cm across and 7 cm tall — creates an intimate vessel. Slightly smaller than a standard chawan, it sits in the hands with a quiet density, the deep rounded walls enclosing space the way cupped palms hold water.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"Between blue and lavender, the glaze holds its breath — neither one color nor the other, but the silence between them.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Jun-yao Resonance**: The opalescent blue-lavender glaze draws on a lineage stretching back to Song dynasty China (960–1279), where Jun ware kilns produced some of the most elusive glazes in ceramic history. Jun glazes achieve their color through phase separation — microscopic particles suspended within the glaze scatter light, producing the cloudy quality that cannot be replicated by surface pigment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Cloudy Surface**: What distinguishes this bowl’s glaze is its refusal to be uniform. Subtle variations shift across the surface — denser blue-grey on the body, hints of purple near the rim, fine speckling where the glaze chemistry reached different temperatures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Compact Chawan Form**: At 12 cm, this bowl is slightly more compact than the standard tea bowl. This smaller scale creates an intimacy in use — the bowl fits naturally within the curve of both palms, and the deep, rounded walls retain heat effectively.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Pine Cloud Kiln — Naming as Philosophy**: Shoun (松雲) — pine and cloud — evokes the classical aesthetic of mountain landscapes in ink painting: the pine rooted in stone, the cloud passing through without attachment. This bowl’s atmospheric glaze materializes that image.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【基本情報】\u003cbr\u003e• 作家：松雲釜\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：灰釉系または鈍窯写し青釉\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：現代\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：日本\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：幅約12cm × 高さ約7cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：共箱（「松雲釜」の書付）\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：良好\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e本作の淡い青紫の釉薬は、中国宋代の鈍窯の系譜を想起させます。正面からは淡い水色、縁では仄かな紫、影の中では青灰色に変わり、一つの色に定まることを拒むかのようです。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e口径12cmという小振りな寸法は、手の中での親密さを生みます。「松雲」という窯名が示すのは、松に掛かる雲——固いものと溶けゆくものの境界です。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Pine and cloud — the kiln named what the glaze would become.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61597085729138,"sku":"260121_a_1639","price":717.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m91160208278_2.jpg?v=1771224953","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/lavender-blue-glazed-tea-bowl-shoun-gama-pine-cloud-kiln-chawan-with-tomobako","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}