Chawan, tea bowl of slightly irregular round form. The top edge is wavy, slightly curled inward (clam shell), the sides are relatively thin. Light colored Raku stoneware covered in a typical black glaze. Right above the hip a row of three eye-shaped flat slices of clay and glaze has been cut away, revealing the underlying clay topped with a very thin layer of glaze that has turned greenish in the firing.
Potter’s seal impressed onto the bottom. Undeciphered. Raku….
Kyoto, Raku ware, Japan, Meiji era, ca. 1900 or perhaps a little earlier.
H 3.25 x diam. 4.75 in.
Several hairline cracks in the glaze inside and outside, only visible under magnifying glass, some pitting on the inside, glaze dulled, commensurate with usage.
