Kintsugi chawan with with brushed enamel

This Japanese stoneware chawan with brushed brown glaze was handcrafted in Japan by a skilled potter.
The satin-finish, semi-opaque glaze reveals the brushstrokes.
This is a hantsutsu-gata bowl, the most classic of Japanese tea bowls.
The potter’s signature is engraved on the outer base of the foot.
The foot has a kaijari-kodai shape: it curls in a spiral.

You’ll receive it in a wooden box known as a tomobako. It is created at the same time as the ceramics, and its description is inscribed on the lid. Chawan in their original tomobako are the most sought-after.

Accidentally broken, I restored it using traditional Japanese lacquer, called Urushi, and 24-carat gold.

You can reuse this bowl to drink your favorite tea, or simply keep it as an object to admire.
It measures 11 cm in diameter and 6.5 cm in height, and is completely unique.