Height 7.7cm, Bowl diameter 15.9cm, Stand diameter 4.5cm
This is a typical Kizeto tea bowl of the Muromachi period. It is a simple wheel-thrown tea bowl, and the base is carved in a ring shape. Its shape seems to have been modeled after celadon porcelain of the Song and Yuan dynasties in China. However, it is not as beautiful as celadon porcelain, and the tone is oxidized and yellowish. This type of tea bowl is not highly valued today, but it seems to have been widely used for tea drinking among the general public during the Muromachi period (1336-1573). It seems to have been fired quite a lot, and there are many excavated pieces and other items remaining. This piece is clearly similar to Kosedo ware from the Kamakura period (1185-1333) onward, and is transparent and well fused. While such objects were being fired, Seto-glazed (iron-glazed) Tenmoku tea bowls were also being fired in Mino kilns, and in the late Muromachi period, along with Seto Tenmoku, yellow-glazed Tenmoku tea bowls were also being fired.
