Height: 9.8 cm; Mouth Diameter: 9.8–10.5 cm; Foot Diameter: 4.5 cm
This is a cylindrical tea bowl with a unique shape, featuring a body that curves sharply upward in a large arch toward the rim. Although it is renowned as a representative work of the First Generation Ohi, its form is said to reflect the tastes of Sensō, who accompanied Ohi to Kaga Province. The rim is oval, the foot is small and round, and the base is narrow. A high kabuto-giri (helmet-shaped indentation) is formed inside the foot, with two comb marks on each side at the edge of the foot and three diagonal comb marks on the body. The entire piece is covered in Ōhi’s distinctive “candy glaze,” but a deep black kiln change appears on one side of the body, and the traces of carving remain exposed beneath the glaze—these are also characteristic features of Ōhi’s work. There are no other examples of Raku tea bowls with this style of execution, and it can be said to be unique to the first-generation Ōhi.
