Name: Stoneware chawan, tenmoku glaze
Brand: Dogou
SKU: CHA-025
Price: 65.0 EUR
Availability: InStock

Chawan en grès à glaçure tenmoku bleu-noir, reflets irisés, pied non émaillé

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Stoneware chawan, tenmoku glaze

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Stoneware chawan, tenmoku glaze

Black and purple tenmoku chawan

65,00€

Sélectionné au Japon par Léonard

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This hand-thrown stoneware bowl features a dark, almost black glaze, streaked with purple highlights and pink speckles that catch the light depending on the angle. This type of glaze, rich in iron oxide, belongs to the tenmoku family, known for the metallic and shifting effects achieved in the kiln. The foot, free of glaze, reveals the bare beige-brown clay.

Its flared shape and narrow foot are those of a chawan, the bowl used for whisking matcha tea with a bamboo whisk before drinking directly, held with both hands to feel its warmth. It works just as well as an individual rice bowl for those who do not yet have a tea ritual; the form remains the same.

This piece is unsigned, and I cannot attribute it to a specific workshop. Tenmoku is a very ancient family of glazes, used today by many contemporary Japanese potters as well as historic traditions: it is difficult to decide with certainty based on the photo alone.

Care: hand washing recommended; avoid the dishwasher and sudden temperature changes to preserve the iridescent sheen of the glaze.

Estimated dimensions: approximately 12.5 cm in diameter, 6 cm in height (to be confirmed by direct measurement).

This hand-thrown stoneware bowl features a dark, almost black glaze, streaked with purple highlights and pink speckles that catch the light depending on the angle. This type of glaze, rich in iron oxide, belongs to the tenmoku family, known for the metallic and shifting effects achieved in the kiln. The foot, free of glaze, reveals the bare beige-brown clay.

Its flared shape and narrow foot are those of a chawan, the bowl used for whisking matcha tea with a bamboo whisk before drinking directly, held with both hands to feel its warmth. It works just as well as an individual rice bowl for those who do not yet have a tea ritual; the form remains the same.

This piece is unsigned, and I cannot attribute it to a specific workshop. Tenmoku is a very ancient family of glazes, used today by many contemporary Japanese potters as well as historic traditions: it is difficult to decide with certainty based on the photo alone.

Care: hand washing recommended; avoid the dishwasher and sudden temperature changes to preserve the iridescent sheen of the glaze.

Estimated dimensions: approximately 12.5 cm in diameter, 6 cm in height (to be confirmed by direct measurement).

Glazed stoneware, thrown and reworked by hand. Incised grid pattern on the walls, cut-out slotted rim, slip-trailed spiral at the base, piece marked under the foot.

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What is a tenmoku glaze?

A family of glazes rich in iron oxide, known for metallic, shifting effects obtained in the kiln, here with purple reflections and pink speckles.

What is the traditional use of this chawan?

Whisking matcha with a bamboo whisk directly in it, then drinking straight from the bowl, held in both hands.

Can it be used for anything else?

Yes, it also works as an individual rice bowl.

How to use it?

A chawan is a Japanese tea bowl, here made for matcha, the powdered green tea whisked in hot water.
What it is for: you add the powder and water, whisk with a chasen, then drink straight from the bowl. Its wide shape leaves room for the whisking.
Whisk matcha directly in the bowl, then drink from the bowl itself, held in both hands to feel its warmth.
It also works as an individual rice bowl.
Wash by hand and dry carefully.
Idea: bring it out for an afternoon tea for two, with a chasen and a small matcha scoop.
Good to know: sift the matcha before adding water for fewer lumps and a finer foam.