This bowl was made at Zeze kiln in Shiga Prefecture in the Annam tradition — a Japanese ceramic response to Vietnamese cobalt-on-white ware that arrived through the tea trade. Cobalt chrysanthemum motifs float on a warm body. The form is open, quiet, assured.
🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ] • Artist: Zeze kiln • Technique: Annam-style cobalt painting • Era: Edo-Meiji • Origin: Shiga • Dimensions: Height approx. 7 cm, Diameter approx. 12 cm • Box: Double box with Urasenke 14th Tantansai inscription • Condition: Excellent — no chips, cracks, or repairs
Diameter 12 cm, height 7 cm. The double box carries a brush inscription by Tantansai, the 14th Grand Master of Urasenke (1893–1964). His presence here is not ornamental. It places the bowl within a specific conversation about the aesthetics of tea.
The chrysanthemums do not announce themselves. They persist. The lineage behind them does the same.
🔹 [ SHIPPING & PACKAGING ] • Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days • Carrier: Japan Post EMS / UPS (with tracking) • Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials
