A JAPANESE BLACK RAKU CHAWAN (TEABOWL)

A JAPANESE BLACK SETO WARE CHAWAN (TEABOWL)
SHŌWA ERA, 20TH CENTURY

The large waisted body of cylindrical form, with a deep black and lustrous glaze stopping short of the floor; in a fitted tomobako (wood box) inscribed Setoguro chawan, Tenshō-ki Momoyama-jidai, and Kōkurō saku (made by Kōkurō), 13.2cm dia. (2)

Provenance: from an English private collection, Devon.