Item TS485

Haku-kin Shino
Kofuku Tea Bowl

(1pc. & signed box)

$650

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Tomio Suzuki

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Slight refinements lead many ceramic artists on new creative tangents, and this lovely kofuku tea bowl exhibits Tomio Suzuki's latest impulse.  It is done in a rendition of his signature yohen-kin shino glaze and fittingly named haku-kin, or "white gold."  Lacking the cracked texture of other shino works, this piece is soft to the touch and glistens with opulence.
 

Kofuku ("small drink") tea bowls are made especially for outdoor or "garden" tea parties.  Their smaller size makes them easier to tote around, usually in a nodate basket containing all the necessary tea utensils, to scenic spots for cherry blossom or momiji (autumn maple) viewing; some even bring them to the cemetery to share tea with the beloved departed.  Considered to be more daily ware, kofuku tea bowls lack the strict formality usually associated with cha-no-yu tea ceremony.

A wooden presentation box will be custom made to order and signed by the artist.  Delivery time for this item is 2 weeks.

See Tomio Suzuki's Hanshin Gallery exhibition for more from his 2007 collection.

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