Vintage Japanese Signed Tea Ceremony Sado Chado Ochakoboshi Kensui Floral Scroll Also known as a calligraphy

Also known as a calligraphy chest as it housed an ink stone (suzuri)

A lid to close off the ink pot and brush together

5" tall (14 x 19 cm)

Vintage Japanese silk Shibori style Haori coat in dark cherry red

This is one of over 110 beautiful pieces of this exquisite Japanese art currently being offered by Shogun's Gallery

Vintage Japanese Signed Tea Ceremony Sado Chado Ochakoboshi Kensui Floral Scroll Also known as a calligraphyThis is a vintage Japanese ceramic bowl known as a ochakoboshi (waster water bowl) used in a Japanese sado chado (tea ceremony). This vessel has a Japanese artist's seal imprinted on the bottom (see picture 8). It is a type of Kyo yaki kiyomizu yaki (made in Kyoto) tea bowl. This bowl has floral imagery, depicting the flower kiku (Chrysanthemum). During the tea ceremony the tea bowl is rinsed once to warm the bowl and another time to rinse it clean.