DescriptionJapanese antique ceramic chawan (tea bowl) by the famous artist and poetess, Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875) with a cream crackle glaze and bare foot. Includes its own tomobako. On the sides of the bowl she has inscribed a poem in hiragana titled “Hermitage in the pines”のちりを よそにはらいて 行く末の 千代をしめたる 宿の松風 The world’s dust swept aside no concern about the future; in my hermitage I have all I need: the sound of the wind in the pines.Size: chawan: 2.5″ H x 6″ W, tomobako: 4.5″ x 6.5″ x 6.5″
