Raku Chawan Tea Bowl
Chawan
Each chawan is hand-thrown and raku-fired, so no two are alike — slight variations in glaze, weight and lip are the mark of the maker's hand. Wide enough to whisk freely, with a warm foot that sits kindly in cold-morning palms.
Character
✦Ships within 48 hours from Made in Japan. Complimentary gift-wrapping on request.
- Material
- Stoneware, raku glaze
- Capacity
- ≈ 400ml
- Care
- Hand wash, no soak
- Note
- Each piece is unique
The Legend
In the sixteenth century the great tea master Sen no Rikyū turned away from gilded Chinese porcelain and asked a humble tile-maker, Chōjirō, to shape bowls by hand alone — no wheel, no symmetry, only the press of the fingers. From that quiet rebellion came raku ware, the very bowl of wabi-cha.
A chawan is meant to be imperfect: each one a little uneven, warm to hold, alive to the hand. Turn it, admire it, and drink — you are holding five centuries of the same gesture.
