Height 8.5cm, mouth diameter 14.6cm, base diameter 6.5cm
Fujita Museum of Art
This tea bowl is a very rare example of a Shino tea bowl with a so-called “waritakaidai” (split height stand), of which two others are known. It is clearly modeled after the wari-taka-dai of Koryo tea bowls, and is generally thinly made. The mouth edge is thinly twisted back, and the base is cut in a crosswise pattern to form a wari-takaidai. The glaze is thin and is applied to the entire surface of the bowl, which is also unusual for a Shino tea bowl. The body has a pagoda-like pattern drawn in thin lines. There is a tea bowl called “Iwahashi” which is similar to this one, and there is also a tea bowl with arabesque design on the body with a split height stand, although the style is quite different from this one. It is thought that it was probably made in the early Keicho period.
