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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
A KOREAN TEABOWL NAMED “OGURAYAMA”
16TH CENTURY
The wide everted bowl on ring foot, covered in a finely crackled off-white glaze, showing keshiki (scenery naturally made in the kiln in the firing process) and amamori (staining from the repeated use), some kintsugi [gold lacquer repairs], spur marks to the interior, the old fitted wood box titled Ogurayama in gold lacquer
19 cm. wide

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The natural cloud and spot staining that appear on this bowl are known in Japan as amamori, literally means rain leaks, after the pattern of stains left on a roof after it has leaked. Amamori and keshiki (‘scenery’ on the surface created during the kiln in the firing process that cannot be controlled) have been highly praised and appreciated by the Japanese, especially in tea circles, for centuries in the traditional aesthetic value of wabi-sabi that invites meditation on the acceptance of transience and imperfection of all objects in life. This bowl was possibly named after Ogurayama, the mountain in Kyoto.

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