Antique Tokugawa marked kizeto pottery tea bowl #4551

- width: approx. 9.9cm (3 57⁄64in) x 9cm (3 35⁄64in) 

- tall: approx. 9.3cm (3 21⁄32in)

- weight: 314g (w/ box 503g)

- condition: fixed, hair line crack

Kizeto pottery
Kizeto emerged from the tawny brown Koseto (old seto) style of the Muromachi period, and unlike Shino lacquerware that had its beginnings in the Momoyama period, the Kizeto of the Momoyama period was especially beautiful with a captivating charm; since antiquity masters of the tea ceremony valued both “Aburagete” and “Ayamete” for their high quality, matte appearance, and grainy texture.
Although most were originally made for Mukozuke (one of the side dishes) and treated as tea bowls, there do exist some that were made to be tea bowls.
For Kizeto, when the clay is half-dried lines are drawn on with a twig or piece of bamboo, and the side is struck with copper chalcanthite. Copper chalcanthite turns green when baked via oxidation, a special trait of Kizeto that pairs well with scorch marks.