A Ko-Karatsu Ware Chawan [Tea Bowl]
Momoyama - early Edo period (17th century)
Decorated with a finely crackled purplish brown glaze with some white splashes running down to the foot, gold lacquer repairs to the rim, shifuku [carrying pouch], fitted wood box with inscription Ko-garatsu chawan and Doi ke [Doi family]
12.1cm. diam.
A Ko-Karatsu Ware Chawan [Tea Bowl]
Momoyama - early Edo period (17th century)
Decorated with a finely crackled purplish brown glaze with some white splashes running down to the foot, gold lacquer repairs to the rim, shifuku [carrying pouch], fitted wood box with inscription Ko-garatsu chawan and Doi ke [Doi family]
12.1cm. diam.