Teabowl 1830 - 1850

Seizan's "Teabowl" from the mid-19th century, is a beautiful example of Japanese tea ceremony ware. The bowl is crafted from stoneware and features an understated black glaze, with a dark brown band around the rim. It also has an abstract design that might be a landscape or natural phenomena. The small size and simple design of the bowl, characteristic of Japanese tea ceremony bowls, would have been intended for a quiet, intimate tea ceremony, a ritual that is deeply entrenched in Japanese culture. The bowl is now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.