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BLACK RAKU WARE, EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY) BY 5TH-GENERATION RAKU MASTER SONYU (1664-1716)
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An Earthenware Tea Bowl (Chawan) Named "Chidori" (Plover)
Black Raku ware, Edo period (17th-18th century) by 5th-generation Raku master Sonyu (1664-1716)
Hand-modelled, cylindrical on a compressed disc foot, applied with a flecked matte black glaze
3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) high; 4 3/8in. (11.3cm.) diameter
With old wood box dated (mizunoto-mi), giving name and signed with kao (cursive monogram), outer box authenticated, signed by Raku Kichizaemon XV (b. 1949), dated 1977
Black Raku ware, Edo period (17th-18th century) by 5th-generation Raku master Sonyu (1664-1716)
Hand-modelled, cylindrical on a compressed disc foot, applied with a flecked matte black glaze
3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) high; 4 3/8in. (11.3cm.) diameter
With old wood box dated (mizunoto-mi), giving name and signed with kao (cursive monogram), outer box authenticated, signed by Raku Kichizaemon XV (b. 1949), dated 1977
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Katsura Yamaguchi