Height 9.1cm, mouth diameter 10.7cm, base diameter 5.1cm
This tea bowl belongs to the so-called “Kuro-oriobe” category, but some people call it “Kaki-oriobe” because the black glaze on the inside and outside of the body is fired to an iron-rust color. However, it is extremely rare to find a tea bowl with such a glaze color.
The mouth, which is slightly warped at the edge, is thick and gently undulating, gradually widening toward the waist, and has a firm base. There are relatively few cylindrical tea bowls in Oribe, and among them, the one with a good balance is rare as this tea bowl. The front and back of the body have triangular windows, one of which is painted with a single chrysanthemum branch, and the back is painted with a difficult painting of a chrysanthemum, while the other parts are glazed with iron and the mouth and the white window are glazed with white. The side of the bowl has a black glaze. The heavy carved base is marked with the kiln mark “Ichi”, and there are traces of Kirei on the side of the base and four overlapping firing marks on the mouth rim. Although small in size, the shape, design, and glaze are all in harmony, and this bowl has been highly regarded since ancient times as a masterpiece filled with the creativity unique to Momoyama. It was once passed down through the Hirase and Fujita families.
