Japanese Matcha Bowl - Hidasuki Rice Straw Ao-Bizen Chawan - 400ml

Japanese Matcha Bowl - Hidasuki Rice Straw Ao-Bizen Chawan - 400ml

Regular price $148.00
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This Bizen-yaki chawan (matcha bowl) is made in the ao-Bizen (青備前 - blue Bizen) style and decorated with a hidasuki pattern. Unlike most Bizen-yaki which is fired in oxidation, ao-Bizen wares are fired in reduction, causing the clay to turn a light bluish-grey. The hidasuki (緋襷/火襷/ひだすき) pattern is a traditional decoration created when the potter wraps rice straw around a piece before placing it into the kiln. The alkalines in the straw react with iron in the clay body to produce these striking burn marks.

Bizen-yaki (備前焼) is a type of Japanese pottery that traditionally comes from Bizen province, now part of Okayama prefecture, Japan. The site of one of Japan’s Six Ancient Kilns, pottery has been made in Bizen since at least the 14th century.

Fired at high temperature for a long time (as long as 14 days) in wood-burning kilns, Bizen ware is known for its earthen colours and lack of traditional glaze. Because of the clay’s high rate of shrinkage, it is unsuitable for glazing. Instead, the designs found on Bizen ware come from kiln effects and include traces of molten ash resembling glaze and markings resulting from wood-burning kiln firing.

Dimensions:

15.4cm (6.1in) - width
5.3cm (2.1in) - height
435ml - capacity

Condition: Very good

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