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A STONEWARE TEABOWL
Mino ware, Nezumi Shino type, Edo
period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
1912), 19th century
The wide bowl set on a ring foot and
decorated with a foot bridge and three
chevrons 1253
With a wood storage box inscribed in gold
lacquer Nezumi Shino chawan
5 1/2in (14cm) diameter
$2,000 - 3,000

The decoration on this bowl was achieved
by first covering the white clay body in iron-
rich slip, and then incising the decoration.
The bowl was then covered in a thick white
feldspathic glaze. Upon firing the areas of
incised design show white while the rest of
the areas covered in the slip turned gray or
red where the glaze was thin.
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KONISHI HEINAI II (BORN 1928)
A red Raku tea bowl
Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-) era,
late 20th century
The large rounded bowl set on a small ring
foot and covered in a red glaze with white
and gray patches, sealed on the underside
by the artist
With a wood tomobako storage box 1254
inscribed Akajawan and signed Taiko gama
Nidai Heinai
5 1/8in (13cm) diameter

$2,500 - 3,500
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KONISHI HEINAI II (BORN 1928)
A red Raku tea bowl
Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-) era,
late 20th century
The wide body tapering gently to a slightly
inward-turning rim, the narrow ring foot with
three firing marks, covered with a mottled
red and black glaze with numerous surface
bubbles, with the impressed seal of the
artist With a wood storage box indistinctly
inscribed [] chawan Taiko gama Taiko gama
5in (12.7cm) diameter

$2,500 - 3,500

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