Vintage Japanese Mino/Oribe Yakimono Bowl | Vintage Japanese Tea Kaiseki Mukozuke Serving Piece

Dimensions: 2-1/4”h x 4-7/8” square

This wonderfully free-formed Yakimono creation from Mino (also known as Oribe-yaki) which is a deep serving bowl is a perfect example of Oribe pottery of this era being bold, playful asymmetrical patterns. It is hand-formed and incorporates surface paint layers of green copper glazes, (typical of Ao-Oribe ware), incorporating a peach-pink color palette in an abstract textile design, all of which was probably the first colored stoneware glaze of this period. The bottom has three flower motif feet and has an impressed stamp on the bottom.

This piece is included in the definition of Kaiseki-Mukozuke, which was one of the most frequent uses of ceramics in the Mukozuke course of eating, certainly the first the guest to see, and a dish used to hold something special. Tea people for the sake of entertainment and visual excitement enjoy contrasting objects used in the ceremony. In this case, the ceramicist has greater freedom to move the clay, carving, molding, and manipulate to result in interesting shapes showing the unbridled imagination of the Mino potters which include the assemblage of distinctly different ceramic finishes, and is considered a classic style of Japanese aesthetics, and captures the spirit of the wabi tea ceremony.

Condition: Excellent condition as originally formed. No imperfections or fading with a wonderful “hand” to the touch.