Height 12.5 cm, Diameter 21.7 x 25.0 cm, Bottom diameter 19.0 x 19.8 cm
From Momoyama to the early Edo period (1603-1868), various shapes of hand pots were popularly produced in Bizen, and like tokuri, many excellent examples have been handed down from generation to generation. Tokuri and tebachi are extremely rare in Tanba, Shigaraki, Iga, and other sakura wares, and can be considered one of Bizen’s specialties.
The bowl is a flat, half-moon shaped bowl with a low, raised rim and an arched hand, with the rim slightly open to the outside. The hand is extended from the outside to the front of the bowl, but this irregularity was probably not conceived at the beginning, but rather was an instinctive and appropriate design. The center of the hand is low and curved, leaving three large, rounded openings that show the red clay skin and are covered with a thick layer of sesame seed glaze. The rounded omissions, commonly called “peony cake,” are the result of firing something on top of them, but it is hard to believe that he was completely unaware of their decorative effect. The center of the bottom of the handled glaze is marked with an “X,” “△,” and “-“.
