An Earthenware Tube-shaped Tea Bowl (Tsutsu-jawan) Named "Tsuki ni saru" (Monkey and moon)

BLACK RAKU WARE, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY) BY 3RD-GENERATION RAKU MASTER NONKO (DONYU; 1599-1656)

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An Earthenware Tube-shaped Tea Bowl (Tsutsu-jawan) Named "Tsuki ni saru" (Monkey and moon)
Black Raku ware, Edo period (17th century) by 3rd-Generation Raku master Nonko (Donyu; 1599-1656)
Hand-modelled, cylindrical with compressed disc foot, incised with short lines to indicate the outline of a monkey extending one arm toward an incised crescent moon, the rest of the bowl applied with a glossy and thick black glaze
4 3/8in. (11.3cm.) high; 4 5/16in. (11cm.) diameter
Wood boxes authenticated by Sen Soshitsu XI (Gengensai; 1810-1877) and Raku Kichizaemon X (Tannyu; 1795-1854)

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Generally in very good condition.

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Lot Essay

A poem on the box lid by Sen Soshitsu XI reads:

Fuyu fukaki minezo sabishiku mashiramoya
Te ni torubakari maneku tsukikage

In the deep winter season, the summit of the mountain becomes white and lonely,
The moon's shadow invitingly close.

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