Height 7.3cm, mouth diameter 10.5cm x 13.6cm, base diameter 5.5cm
This is a rare tea bowl with a gentle appearance without much change in the mouth structure among the Kuro Oribe Kutsu Tea Bowls. However, the sharpness of the grain on the mouth, the rounded and bulging body, the beveled eyes in two places from the waist to the base, the deep carving on the hem of the body, and the chamfering and rim carving on the left and right sides, etc., are typical of Oribe. The slightly distorted circular pedestal is small for an Oribe shoe, and the inside of the pedestal is carved out in a rounded shape, creating the width of the helmet in the center.
The entire surface except for the base and the area around the base is covered with black glaze, and a thin layer of feldspathic white glaze is applied on the painted surface. The white areas around the mouth were scraped off the black glaze and covered with white glaze, and the glazed surface in the areas where the white glaze was applied over the black glaze to form a double glaze is grayish. The area from the base to the waist shows the clay surface, with traces of wood and wood shavings, and the clay surface is grayish-brown and slightly hardened. On the back of the lid of the inner box, there is an inscription “Yafuremado”, which is probably related to the design of plaid patterns on the lid. It was once in the possession of the Konoike family in Osaka.
