Lot Essay
The tong mark is rather an unusual feature in a Hagi teabowl, being normally associated with black Raku.
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Details
A Hagi Chawan
Edo Period (18th Century)
The brown clay body with a large tongs' mark on one side, dipped in cream glaze which has a double-crackle and falls just partly short of the foot rim and partly under it, some small gold lacquer repairs, together with a green, black and white striped bag
36 x 46in. (7.8 x 11.3cm.)
Edo Period (18th Century)
The brown clay body with a large tongs' mark on one side, dipped in cream glaze which has a double-crackle and falls just partly short of the foot rim and partly under it, some small gold lacquer repairs, together with a green, black and white striped bag
36 x 46in. (7.8 x 11.3cm.)