BLACK RAKU WARE, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY) BY 4TH-GENERATION RAKU MASTER ICHINYU (1640-1696)
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An earthenware tea bowl (chawan)
Black Raku ware, Edo period (17th century) by 4th-generation Raku master Ichinyu (1640-1696)
Hand-modelled, cylindrical on a compressed disc foot, applied with a flecked matte black glaze
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) high; 4 5/8in. (11.7cm.) diameter
With wood box authenticated, signed and sealed by Raku Kichizaemon X (Tannyu; 1795-1854)
Black Raku ware, Edo period (17th century) by 4th-generation Raku master Ichinyu (1640-1696)
Hand-modelled, cylindrical on a compressed disc foot, applied with a flecked matte black glaze
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) high; 4 5/8in. (11.7cm.) diameter
With wood box authenticated, signed and sealed by Raku Kichizaemon X (Tannyu; 1795-1854)