Tsukushi katatsuki

Tsukushi katatsuki
Tsukushi katatsuki
Tsukushi katatsuki

A great masterpiece. This is a tea container made by Han. It was originally located in Tsukushi Province (Fukuoka Prefecture), hence the name. The chestnut-colored ground has a hint of purple and a lot of gold, which can be seen reflected in the sunlight like silver sand. The shoulder area is covered with black ameji stripes falling from both sides, which unite under the body strap and trickle down to the tray. The glaze pool is a thick blue lapis lazuli color. There is a drop of black ame glaze on the opposite side from this oki shape, and glaze omission including persimmon color at the shoulder tip and around the waist, with scattered black ame glaze around the omission, creating an extremely interesting scene. Originally owned by Omotoya of Kyoto, it was later passed on to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Takenaka Eimei, Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Marquis of Mito, and the Tokugawa Shogunate. (The family has had it in their possession ever since (Ganmon Meibutsu Ki, Meibutsu Ki, Kokin Meibutsu Ruiju, Taisho Meikikan).

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