A JAPANESE TENMOKU CHAWAN (TEA BOWL)

A JAPANESE TENMOKU CHAWAN (TEA BOWL)

EDO OR EARLIER, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER

The bowl with typical hare's fur decoration, the surface covered with a lustrous brown glaze with black streaks dripping on the sides and pooling in the well; the foot left unglazed and with kintsugi gold lacquer repairs, 9.4cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Dr Oliver Impey (1936-2005), and Dr Jane (Mellanby) Impey (1938-2021), of Cumnor Place, Oxford.