Hakeme-style (brushed white slip) tea bowl c. 20th century

This Hakeme-style tea bowl was made by Sugimoto Tatsuo, and looking at it, I imagine the artist turning the wheel, feeling the clay slip between his fingers, and brushing a white coating across the surface. It’s like a dance between control and chance, between the intention of the artist and the will of the material itself. I wonder what Sugimoto was thinking as he was making this? What was he hoping to capture or convey with the gestural marks he left on the clay? The earthy palette and textures feel so primal, grounding, and somehow very intimate. It reminds me of the work of Lucie Rie, another ceramicist, both so attuned to the way a glaze can pool, crackle, and flow. What is so striking about this piece is how it embodies an ongoing dialogue between artists across time, each one inspiring the next. The tea bowl is an expression of something so simple, yet so deep. It's a vessel for holding not just tea, but also feeling, memory, and connection.