{"product_id":"ohi-yaki-tea-bowl-by-ohi-ippei-amber-ame-glaze-chawan-signed-box-kaga-tradition","title":"Ohi-Yaki Tea Bowl by Ohi Ippei | Amber Ame Glaze Chawan | Signed Box | Kaga Tradition","description":"The amber is not applied — it inhabits the clay. An Ohi-yaki tea bowl by Ohi Ippei, carrying the warm caramel depth that has defined this lineage since the seventeenth century. Signed wooden box. The form is quietly authoritative: deep, rounded, unhurried.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOhi-yaki ame-yu — candy glaze — is among the most recognizable surfaces in Japanese ceramics. Against the low-fired, yielding clay body, the amber glaze pools with a warmth that photographs cannot fully render. The bowl must be held to be understood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ ITEM DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Form: Chawan (tea bowl for matcha)\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Diameter approx. 11.5 cm, Height approx. 7.7 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Glaze: Ame-yu (amber candy glaze), characteristic Ohi orange-caramel\u003cbr\u003e• Kiln: Ohi-yaki (大樋焼), Kanazawa\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Ohi Ippei (大樋一平)\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Signed wooden presentation box (共箱) inscribed 大樋焼 茶碗 大樋一平造\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: No noted damage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ CULTURAL CONTEXT ]\u003cbr\u003eOhi-yaki was founded in 1666 by Chozaemon, invited to Kanazawa by the Kaga domain lord Maeda Toshitsune to create tea wares for the Ura Senke school. For over three hundred and fifty years, the kiln has remained in family hands — one of the most continuous ceramic lineages in Japan. The amber glaze, the soft hand-forming, the warmth that seems to hold light rather than reflect it: these are not stylistic choices. They are the memory of a specific tradition of hospitality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOhi Ippei represents a contemporary generation of this lineage, working within the inherited forms while bringing his own hand to the clay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ FOR THE COLLECTOR ]\u003cbr\u003eA named-line Ohi-yaki bowl with signed box represents both a functional tea object and a document of one of Japan's most storied ceramic traditions. The ame-yu glaze on this piece is particularly rich — the caramel depth characteristic of the finest Ohi work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【日本語説明】\u003cbr\u003e大樋焼・大樋一平造の抹茶碗です。伝統的な飴釉が美しく、端正な形が茶の湯に相応しい一碗。直径約11.5cm、高さ約7.7cm。四方桟共箱付。加賀藩御用窯の名門・大樋焼の正統作品です。\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":61661581345138,"sku":"260316_a_2440","price":791.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m70310643417_1.jpg?v=1773638483","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/ohi-yaki-tea-bowl-by-ohi-ippei-amber-ame-glaze-chawan-signed-box-kaga-tradition","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}