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This listing is for a Seto-ware kutsu-gata clog shaped chawan made around 20 years ago by Narumi Choyu.  It is made of stoneware and its distorted shape mimics tea bowls dating back to the Azuchi-Momoyama Period.  It features copper green glaze around the rim and the body of the bowl is coated in transparent white glaze.  Both the front and back of the bowl is decorated with hand-painted depictions of ‘hoshigaki’ hanging persimmons.  The mark of the potter can be found on the bottom and it comes with its original signed wooden storage box.  It also comes with a yellow wrapping cloth for when the item is not in use.

Narumi Choyu (b.1945 Ando Hirohide) is a Seto-ware potter born and raised in Aichi Prefecture.  Narumi has devoted himself to making Seto teaware, and has unparalleled skill in reproducing old Seto tea pieces once used by tea masters such as Sen no Rikyu.  He also produces beautifully glazed chaire, but his specialty is his Narumi Oribe glazed kutsu-gata chawan.  Narumi has held many solo exhibitions across Japan, and his work can be found in museums throughout Aichi and Gifu prefecture.  **Fellow sellers, this information was researched by Kominka Zakka and CANNOT be used in your own listings.

Seto-ware was originally used to describe ceramics that were produced in and around the village of Seto, in Aichi Prefecture. The soil around the city contains good quality porcelain clay as well as silica for making glass. Among the major kiln groups established by the Kamakura period only those at Seto developed the deliberately applied glaze instead of the old natural ash glaze. The rich Seto glaze was perfected during the fifteenth century, and later adopted by potters of Mino Province. Seto is currently the largest producer of ceramic novelties, such as animal and bird okimono, dolls, ashtrays, and vases.                                                                                                                               

Sizes

Box:  H.12cm (4.7”) x 13.2cm (5.1”) x 16.3cm (6.4”)

Chawan:  H.7.8cm (3”) x 14.3cm (5.6”) across x 10.7cm (4.2”) from back to front                  

Condition

It’s in very good condition aside from a slightly wobbly base.  The bowl itself appears completely unused, however there are some marks on the exterior of the box.                   

THESE ARE SHIPPING ESTIMATES BASED ON THE CURRENT GLOBAL SITUATION                                                                 

**Germany, France, Greece, Spain, Poland, Austria, Slovakia, Lithuania, Slovenia:  NO SHIPPING.  Very strict and expensive packaging laws in place and we are not licensed to send products to these countries.  We have no plan to register at this time because the process is in some cases very expensive and complicated, plus each country has its own set of regulations and application process. 

**USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Norway: Airmail Small Packet (approx. 15-28 days).  Combined shipping available up to 2kgs for Airmail Small Packet (please send us a message).

**Asia:  Airmail Small Packet (approx. 15-21 days).  Combined shipping available up to 2kgs for Airmail Small Packet (please send us a message).

**Central Asia, Middle East, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico:  EMS Express 10-15 days.

**Russia:  No shipping methods available.