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Japanese TEA BOWLS - TL Testing of the Mino Tea Bowls
TL testing would have sacrificed a few of the seller's tea bowls, and,
several hundred dollars. Yet, the conclusions/findings was pointing toward 400 years old ( + or - ).
I bought about 9 tea bowls from the seller, two under a 100 dollars and several about 150 dollars each. A couple about 240 each.
Obviously, the pricing for these 400 year old Mino tea bowls seem to contradict all the "confidence" presented by the seller..
The cost seem to be O.K. with me, as, even though I'm sure
these tea bowls are not 400 years old,
I like the potters/makers style and designs.
Also, the prices for the actual tea bowls were lower than the sold pricing I paid, as, the seller added " his/her " percentage to make a profit. They have to make a living too.
The seller's wife is Japanese (?), and, brings back teas bowls when she visits/travels back to Japan and back. I think it was via a P.M. to me..
They / she must know the source of these tea bowls, as, I have seen other sellers that have similar tea bowls. One even bought form this seller.
This " 1620 " bowl was one of the more "expensive" tea bowls I bought from the seller .
Here is the seller's description of the 400 year old tea bowl :
Nezumi-Shino Tea Bowl - Early Edo Period (about 1620)Little deformed cylinder (hazutsu) shaped, in the style of shino ware - the bowl shows finger marks from throwing; foot ring and bottom have been cut with a potters knife.
Typical for a Nezumi-Shino shino bowl, the light, unrefined Mino clay has been covered with an iron bearing engobe - with the exception of the bottom area.
A geometric decoration of triangles on the wall has been incised into the engobe, over which the typical feldspatic shino glaze has been applied.
The foot ring has a rather regular shape, with comb marks frequently seen on bowls from Motoyashiki kiln.