If you could have any tea bowl.....

[Saladin]

What would it be? A crusty old Karatsu piece from the Momoyama period? A beautiful piece of shino embellished only with casually painted lines of iron, covered with a perfectly pitted glaze which blushed orange and pink where thin? A modern bowl by a Living (or Deceased) Treasure or master such as Arakawa, Hamada, or Rosanjin? Maybe you'd like a bowl made by one of the potters here?

A a potter I'm curious to see examples of what people lust after. I'd probably choose a Hamada Shoji piece or a toasted shino bowl from long ago. I'd take a big slapped around Oribe bowl too.

[lekke]

No matter what the taste in pottery, I believe people lust after pieces that are unique, special, and come with a bit of the artist's soul.

[Saladin]

No matter what the taste in pottery, I believe people lust after pieces that are unique, special, and come with a bit of the artist's soul.

That's true. I like these too.

[MarshalN]

A nice, old karatsu

[TomVerlain]

I have a fondness for sung dynasty hare's fur type bowls. I actually like them in a more "V" shape, but I would gladly sip from this.



http://www.npm.gov.tw/exhbition/song/en ... ife/m1.htm

[Saladin]

I have a fondness for sung dynasty hare's fur type bowls. I actually like them in a more "V" shape, but I would gladly sip from this.



http://www.npm.gov.tw/exhbition/song/en ... ife/m1.htm

I adore Song dynasty pottery and the black glazed wares are among my favorites. I was lucky as an art student in Boston to have a seen a stellar exhibit of these pots at the Harvard Sackler museum. I went about trying to copy them of course. The Musee Guimet in Paris has a wonderful collection too.

[TIM]

http://themandarinstea.blogspot.com/200 ... d-tea.html

Mother of all tea bowl

[chingwa]

Tim, is that tea bowl really... 1000 years old... ?!?!?!

[Saladin]

Tim, is that tea bowl really... 1000 years old... ?!?!?!

That's a pretty classic example of form and glaze from that period, although the glaze drips don't usually freeze so dramatically.
http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/cera ... abowls.cfm

[TIM]

Tim, is that tea bowl really... 1000 years old... ?!?!?!

That's a pretty classic example of form and glaze from that period, although the glaze drips don't usually freeze so dramatically.
http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/cera ... abowls.cfm

Thanks Saladin. The drip glaze almost touching the ground which just formed before breaking, is especially attractive to me. It added a whole dimension of wabi into this classic piece.

http://theteagallery.blogspot.com/2008/ ... aware.html
Here are some more 'Normal' expected ones

Enjoy ~ T

[debunix]

Stunning, timeless pieces.

I would love to hold those beautiful things, but only in a well-padded room without any hard surfaces nearby, so that they might survive the experience to delight many generations to come.

But I do feel like I have some pieces that are quite as beautiful, lacking only the special patina of age.

[MarshalN]

I do like my tenmoku

http://www.marshaln.com/2009/11/wednesd ... er-4-2009/

But I really need a ko-karatsu

[jaderabbit]

One of each, please?
Oh teabowl envy....

[TIM]

I do like my tenmoku

http://www.marshaln.com/2009/11/wednesd ... er-4-2009/

But I really need a ko-karatsu

Thats a beauty Mr. M

[Saladin]

I wouldn't mind trying one of these too.