{"product_id":"vintage-japanese-raku-chawan-tea-bowl-katami-gawari-red-cream-glaze-hand-painted","title":"Vintage Japanese Raku Chawan Tea Bowl, Katami-Gawari Red \u0026 Cream Glaze, Hand Painted","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"13\"\u003eSome Japanese tea \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"43\"\u003ebowls tell their \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"60\"\u003estory through color alone. This one is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"99\"\u003edivided cleanly in two: a deep, glossy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"138\"\u003ered raku glaze on one side, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"166\"\u003ea pale, finely crackled glaze on the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"203\"\u003eother, with a small \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"223\"\u003ehand-painted stem of leaves in black \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"260\"\u003eink bridging the boundary between them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"300\"\u003eIn Japanese ceramics this half-and-half \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"340\"\u003edesign has a name — katami-gawari \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"374\"\u003e(片身変わり), literally \"changing body-half\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"414\"\u003e— and it carries real weight in tea \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"450\"\u003eculture history. The most celebrated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"487\"\u003eexample is Fujisan (不二山), a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"515\"\u003ewhite-and-black katami-gawari chawan \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"552\"\u003emade by the calligrapher, tea master, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"590\"\u003eand part-time potter Hon'ami Kōetsu in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"629\"\u003ethe early Edo period, today \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"657\"\u003erecognized as a National Treasure of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"694\"\u003eJapan. This bowl belongs to that same \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"732\"\u003evisual lineage, still practiced by raku \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"772\"\u003epotters today as a way of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"798\"\u003eholding two moods — warmth and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"829\"\u003erestraint — in a single vessel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\"\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"4\"\u003econstruction is pure raku: shaped \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"38\"\u003eentirely by hand (tezukune), with no \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"75\"\u003epotter's wheel involved, then fired at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"114\"\u003ea comparatively low temperature and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"150\"\u003epulled from the kiln while still hot \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"187\"\u003eenough for the glaze to craze into the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"226\"\u003efine surface cracking (kannyu) visible \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"265\"\u003eacross the pale half. This method, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"300\"\u003edeveloped in Kyoto in the late 16th \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"336\"\u003ecentury for the tea master Sen no \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"370\"\u003eRikyū, was designed specifically to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"406\"\u003eproduce a bowl that felt soft, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"437\"\u003ewarm, and irregular in the hand — the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"475\"\u003ephysical embodiment of wabi-cha, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"508\"\u003ethe aesthetic of quiet imperfection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"544\"\u003ethat still defines the Japanese tea \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"580\"\u003eceremony.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\"\u003eTurn the bowl over and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"27\"\u003efoot has been carved into a gentle \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"62\"\u003espiral, with a small stamped seal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"96\"\u003e(hanko) pressed into the clay beside it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"136\"\u003e— the potter's mark of authorship, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"171\"\u003eapplied before firing. We're presenting \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"211\"\u003ethis honestly: the seal is present and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"250\"\u003elegible in person, but not yet decoded \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"289\"\u003ewith full confidence from photographs \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"327\"\u003ealone, so we've avoided assigning a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"363\"\u003especific kiln or artist name here. What \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"403\"\u003eis certain is that this bowl was made, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"442\"\u003emarked, and finished with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"468\"\u003eintention by someone continuing a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"502\"\u003edesign tradition that stretches back \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"539\"\u003emore than four centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\"\u003eBeyond its \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"11\"\u003ehistory, this chawan works beautifully \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"50\"\u003eas a functional matcha bowl for tea \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"86\"\u003epractice, or as a striking standalone \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"124\"\u003epiece for anyone collecting Japanese \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"161\"\u003eceramics with real character — the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"196\"\u003ekind of bowl that rewards being \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"228\"\u003epicked up and turned in the hands, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"263\"\u003enot just displayed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\"\u003eShipped \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"8\"\u003ewith care from our studio in Hanoi. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"44\"\u003eCrackling, glaze pooling, and small \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"80\"\u003efiring marks are original to the piece \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"119\"\u003eand part of its authentic raku \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"150\"\u003echaracter, not damage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chikoyaki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46071951261775,"sku":"CKY-CER-0X5","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6588\/1423\/files\/IMG_6769_result.jpg?v=1784270838","url":"https:\/\/chikoyaki.com\/products\/vintage-japanese-raku-chawan-tea-bowl-katami-gawari-red-cream-glaze-hand-painted","provider":"Chikoyaki","version":"1.0","type":"link"}