{"product_id":"takatsuru-jun-kannon-do-yaki-hirachawan-volcanic-interior-glaze","title":"Takatsuru Jun Kannon-do-yaki Hirachawan — Volcanic Interior Glaze","description":"Experience authentic Japanese tea ceramics with this Takatsuru Jun Kannon-do-yaki Flat Tea Bowl. This hirachawan serves as a functional chawan and contemplative object, featuring contrasting white glaze and volcanic clay texture—a must-have for any collector seeking wabi-sabi craftsmanship and meditative tea ware.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Takatsuru Jun (高鶴淳)\u003cbr\u003e• Kiln: Junchiku-gama (淳竹窯), Kannon-do-yaki (観音堂焼)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Wood-fired with white glaze accents over dark clay\u003cbr\u003e• Era: 2010 - 2019\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: 15.5cm × 6cm (6.1\" × 2.4\")\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Signed tomobako\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the forms of chanoyu, the hirachawan asks the most difficult question: how does a potter fill emptiness without crowding it? The wide, open mouth conceals nothing. Every decision—where glaze pools, where clay remains bare, where the kiln’s heat bit deepest—is laid open to the eye and hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTakatsuru Jun answers this question through contrast. Where his wider companion bowl speaks in the monochrome language of ash and earth, this vessel introduces dialogue: white glaze patches break across the dark exterior walls like cloud formations against a night sky. The tension between covered and uncovered, between the potter’s intention and the kiln’s autonomy, gives this bowl its emotional silence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe interior reveals another world entirely. Grey-green mineral deposits create a mottled, volcanic terrain—a surface that appears geological rather than ceramic. When matcha rests in this bowl, it floats above what looks like the floor of a primordial sea. The slightly deeper form and narrower diameter (15.5cm versus 17cm) concentrate this interior landscape, drawing the gaze inward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"Contrast is not conflict. It is conversation between intention and surrender.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**White Against Dark**: The distinct white glaze patches on the exterior create a visual rhythm that the all-ash companion lacks. These are not applied uniformly—they cling to the contours of the wall in irregular formations, evidence of how glaze moves under gravity and heat. The authorship here is shared between maker and kiln.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Volcanic Interior**: Turn this bowl over in your hands and the interior stops you. The grey-green mottled surface, dense with mineral-like deposits, resembles cooled magma more than ceramic. This is clay remembering its geological origins—fired back toward the conditions that first formed it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Proportion and Presence**: At 15.5cm wide and 6cm tall, this hirachawan carries more vertical substance than its wider sibling. The slightly deeper well creates a sense of containment, a quality that changes how tea sits within it. Where the wider bowl spreads, this one gathers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Continuity of Practice**: Both bowls emerge from the same kiln, the same hands, the same firing—yet they arrive as distinct individuals. This is the mark of a potter whose practice honors the kiln as collaborator. Each piece is released into its own identity, bearing the cultural weight of a tradition that values the unrepeatable.\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：高鶴淳（たかつる じゅん）\u003cbr\u003e• 窯：淳竹窯（観音堂焼）\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：薪窯焼成・白釉掛け分け\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：2010年代\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：日本\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：径15.5cm × 高6cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：共箱（「観音寺焼 平茶碗」「淳作」銘）\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：良好\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e同じく淳竹窯・高鶴淳による平茶碗ですが、こちらは白釉が外壁に大胆に現れ、暗色の素地との対比が際立つ一碗です。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e見込みは灰緑色の鉱物質な肌合いで、まるで火山岩の断面を覚くような迫力があります。径15.5cm、高さ6cmとやや深めの造形は、茶溜まりに奥行きを与え、抹茶の緑を一層引き立てます。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e同じ窯・同じ作家でありながら、一碗ごとに異なる表情を見せるのは、薪窯の火が共同制作者として働いた証です。白と暗褐色の対話、見込みの火山的景色——この碗は静寂の中に対話を宿しています。\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*Where white meets dark, the kiln speaks its own name.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61593220776306,"sku":"260113_a_1531","price":828.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m23495883149_1.jpg?v=1771031318","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/takatsuru-jun-kannon-do-yaki-hirachawan-volcanic-interior-glaze","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}