“Shoe”-shaped tea bowl, Kuro-garatsu (black ornamented Karatsu, or Black Karatsu) type

"Shoe"-shaped tea bowl, Kuro-garatsu (black ornamented Karatsu, or Black Karatsu) type
"Shoe"-shaped tea bowl, Kuro-garatsu (black ornamented Karatsu, or Black Karatsu) type
“Shoe”-shaped tea bowl, Kuro-garatsu (black ornamented Karatsu, or Black Karatsu) type

Height: 7.9cm, Bowl diameter: 10.4cm x 15.8cm, Stand diameter: 5.8cm
 The body is stepped, and the base is carved low and thin, with a kabukin in the center. The black glaze on the inside and outside has been fired to a purple-brown color. It was excavated from the ruins of the Ushiseki kiln, and is a reliable source of information on the kiln site as a black Karatsu bowl.

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