Wide mouthed with sloping sides, Masayuki Uraguchi shaped this celadon tea bowl similar to a tenmoku chawan but even wider. It is a classic summer tea bowl, allowing maximum surface area for the matcha to cool quickly. The conical form recalls the Song dynasty celadons that infatuated Uraguchi and inspired so much of his work.

Perhaps the most intriguing feature of this chawan is its crazing. The strict symmetry and elegance of the bowl is relieved by a warm crackle throughout the glaze. But if you look carefully, in between this mauve web, there is a very subtle additional crazing. It creates a crystalline effect, especially inside the bowl itself, which Uraguchi refers to as cracked or shattered ice.

Comes with the signed, stamped, and titled wood box, and stamped wrapping cloth.