Black Raku Tea Bowl

17th Century
Black Raku tea bowl by Raku Ichinyū IV, featuring a subtly irregular cylindrical form, dark iron-rich...
Black Raku tea bowl by Raku Ichinyū IV, featuring a subtly irregular cylindrical form, dark iron-rich...
Black Raku tea bowl by Raku Ichinyū IV, featuring a subtly irregular cylindrical form, dark iron-rich...
Black Raku tea bowl by Raku Ichinyū IV, featuring a subtly irregular cylindrical form, dark iron-rich...
Foot (kōdai) of a Black Raku tea bowl by Raku Ichinyū IV, showing a hand-trimmed circular base...
Interior (mikomi) of a Black Raku tea bowl by Raku Ichinyū IV, showing a dark, subtly metallic...
Wooden tomobako box for a Black Raku tea bowl by Raku Ichinyū IV, shown with its mustard cloth...
Exterior of wooden tomobako box inscribed “Kuro Chawan” (Black tea bowl), signed by Raku Ichinyū...
Black Raku tea bowl by Raku IV (Ichinyū) enclosed in a traditional protective shifuku satchel,...