Raku 6th Sanyu 'kuro raku chawan' tea bowl #3241

- width: approx. 11cm (4 21/64in)

- tall: approx. 8cm (3 5/32in)

- weight: 264g (w/ box 463g)

Sorry, but I can not fully read the running style letters on the wooden box.  
The collector was tea ceremony master Chikukyu and he got this bowl in June.

The Sixth Raku - Sanyu (1685-1739)
The second son of Yamatoya Kaheei, the son-in-law of the Fifth. He had a reputation for the Koetsu Utsushi (to make copy of Koetsu art) technique. His famous work is Sanyu Nihyaku.