This ao-ido gata Mahiko-yaki chawan (matcha bowl) has a wide, flat, conical shape recalling Korean ao-Ido bowls. It has a warm, greenish-grey glaze which contrasts against the brown lip. Around the koshi and foot of the chawan, the glaze breaks into a subtle kairagi (かいらぎ/梅花皮 - plum flower) texture around the foot ring where the bowl was trimmed using a bamboo spatula. The interior of the bowl exhibits a subtle spiraled shape with gentle rokurome (ろくろ目 - potters' wheel marks) which shows the flow of the potter's fingers as they shaped the piece on the wheel

Made by Kodaki Etsuro (小滝悦郎) (1933-1997). This vintage bowl comes in its original tomobako (wooden paulownia box).

The chawan ships in its original kiribako (桐箱 - wooden paulownia box).

Ido chawan (井戸茶碗 - well tea bowl) is the name given to a certain type of Joseon-era Korean bowls and pieces made in their likeness. The original 16th century Korean bowls were first made as humble rice and food bowls for peasants, but when they made their way to Japan, their simple ash glazes and subtly uneven shapes drew the eye of tea masters, making them one of the most coveted styles of matcha bowl, as Japanese tastes moved away from the perfection and ostentation of Chinese celadon and Tenmoku bowls, to a more rustic and modest aesthetic, called wabi.

The original Korean Ido chawan can be roughly sorted in to three main shapes: 大井戸/O-ido (large Ido), 小井戸/Ko-ido (small Ido), and 青井戸/Ao-ido (blue Ido). O-ido bowls, like the legendary Kizaemon Ido, are large with a tall bamboo node-shaped foot (竹の節高台 - takenofushi koudai), a warm beige biwa/loquat coloured glaze, with slightly curved but roughly conical-shaped walls. Ko-ido bowls are similar, but smaller with a less pronounced foot. Ao-ido bowls (such as this one) also have shorter feet and have much straighter, conical walls without the gentle curve seen in O-ido bowls. The 'blue' in their name comes from the colder glaze colour that many of these bowls have.

Mashiko-yaki (益子焼) is a type of Japanese pottery that traditionally comes from Mashiko in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Ceramic production began here towards the end of the Edo Era. Famously, Hamada Shoji produced Mashiko-yaki and is seen as on eof the major figures in the mingei or folk art movement of the 1920s.


Dimensions:

15.3cm (6in) - width
6.8cm (2.7in) - height
200ml - capacity

Condition: Excellent

This vintage Japanese item ships from the United States