Chōjirō: tea bowl, Black Raku

Chōjirō: tea bowl, Black Raku

Bowl diameter 10.7 cm
 A rakuji seal similar to the previous one is stamped in the center of the high stand. The seal is slightly larger than the so-called Jokei seal. However, the shape is not strongly distorted as in the previous painting, but rather is in the so-called Rikyu style seen in general in Chojiro ware, with a gentle manner of execution. The glaze on the entire body has a brownish tinge, but it melts relatively smoothly. On the back of the inner box lid, there is an inscription by Kakudasai Haraso, “Kichizaemon II, Left (Hanasho)”. Since there is a seal on the back of the inner box lid, it may have been assumed that it was once made by Jokei, and therefore referred to as “second generation,” but it is not clear who made it.

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