Amigasa chawan - Inscription on the back (cursive) - Tea bowl - Ceramic - Distinctive curves

This is a finely crafted Amigasa chawan (編笠茶碗), a type of Japanese tea bowl characterized by its wide, gently sloping form reminiscent of a woven bamboo hat. The bowl features a warm beige glaze with expressive hand-painted brushwork in black, evoking a minimalistic landscape or abstract motif.The irregular oval shape gives it a unique organic feel.
The foot of the bowl bears a stamped seal mark, indicating the artist's signature or kiln origin. This piece is in excellent condition with no noticeable damage or stains, making it a desirable item for collectors of Japanese pottery or practitioners of the tea ceremony.

Size:
Height: 7.5 cm
Width: 14 × 11.6 cm
The condition is very good with no noticeable scratches or stains.

Artist Profile:
Signed on the foot with an impressed seal.Likely a modern Japanese ceramic artist active between the 1970s–2000s. Specific identity not confirmed.

About the Amigasa Tea Bowl

Origin and Historical Background:
The Amigasa tea bowl is a type of tea bowl seen since the mid-Edo period (circa 18th century). While there are no records of its exact origin or creator, it is believed to have spontaneously emerged as a summer tea bowl amid the tea ceremony's emphasis on seasonality.

This bowl's distinctive "wide opening, shallow, and light shape" combines practicality and beauty to create a cool, refreshing feeling, and it developed as a shape suitable for summer tea ceremonies.

The distinctive feature of this flesh-colored tea bowl is that the opening is gently curved and the shape is irregular from any angle.

Origin of the Name "Amigasa" (Woven Hat):
As the name suggests, this tea bowl was nicknamed "Amigasa Tea Bowl" due to its resemblance to the traditional Japanese woven straw or bamboo hat. This shape is not limited to any particular kiln or school, and is produced in a variety of tea ceramic production regions (e.g. Hagi ware, Mino ware, Shigaraki ware, Seto ware, etc.).

There is no record of exactly who first created it, but as the tea ceremony developed after Sen no Rikyu, emphasis began to be placed on using tea bowls according to the season, and it is thought that this style naturally took hold as a shape suitable for summer.

It is believed that tea masters and potters of the Edo period in particular refined and stylized it as a shape suitable for the tea ceremony.

Even today, Amigasa tea bowls continue to be produced by contemporary artists and ceramic artists, and are particularly valued for their functionality and beauty as tea utensils. One of their charms is that the high degree of freedom in their shape allows each artist's individuality to be strongly reflected.

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