Sasaki Shoraku Ame-yu Glaze Chawan smoked chasen 1939) is a Kyo-ware potter

1939) is a Kyo-ware potter and first generation master of Seiwa Gama

and okimono

Futamono are dishes for holding things like soup

and it refers to pottery produced in the city of Mikawachi in Nagasaki Prefecture

This type is often used by tea ceremony schools in Japan

Sasaki Shoraku Ame-yu Glaze Chawan smoked chasen 1939) is a Kyo-ware potter*SHIPPING OPTIONS VARY DEPENDING ON THE DESTINATION, PLEASE SCROLL TO THE END OF THIS LISTING FOR MORE DETAILS. This listing is for a raku ware chawan made around 10 years ago by Sasaki Shoraku III. It is hand turned and coated in glossy caramel coloured ame yu glaze. The exterior features a pattern of diagonal grooves and a gently undulating rim consisting of five peaks. These peaks represent the five main Zen temples in Kyoto, historically Zen