Also known as: Kamiten Bunrin, Karamono, Chokumei Meibutsu
Accessories
Four lids, colored wood edges, standing, old style, with nest-shaped edges Standing, old style, Enshu style, half-moon pattern, standing, old style
Without nest, Enshu style
Four covers, cover box, paulownia, white wood
Hikiya Ichiro, iron sword, gold lettering, inscription by Kobori Gonjuro
Blue shell square tray, mirror, three Karakusa figures, front: plum blossom and bamboo pattern, back: arabesque pattern
Provenance
Iwaki Sadataka – Matsudaira Mutsu-no-kami – Sakamoto family
Reference
Meibutsu-ki, Kokon Meibutsu Ruiju, Tokyo University Historical Materials, Date Kensan Kiroku, Taisho Meiki Kan
Rin
Dimensions
Height: 6.5 cm, mouth diameter: 2.5 cm, body diameter: 6.3 cm, bottom diameter: 2.7 cm, weight: 52.5 g
This tea caddy has a rounded shape with slightly raised edges.
The glaze is reddish with dark mottling, and between the mottling, a yellowish glaze flows from the center to the left and right. Between the glaze, there is a single dot where the glaze has been removed, creating an interesting pattern. The clay is white, and there is a trace of where the corner was cut off.
It comes with a square tray decorated with a painting of a child wearing a blue shell hat.
There are four storage boxes: white with old Kinran, bird zelkova Donshu, persimmon-colored Ouchi-hishi, and dark flower-colored Shirogoku Donshu.
Inscription: written by Kobori Gonjuro
