A voluminous copper green tea bowl with a scored and chattered surface by Suzuki Tetsu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Roku-yu Chawan. It is 13 cm (5-1/4 inches) diameter, 10 cm (4 inches) tall and in perfect condition.
Suzuki Tetsu (b. 1964) was born and raised in Tajimi, Gifu prefecture, home of Shino and Oribe wares, the son of future Living National Treasure Suzuki Osamu. He attended the Kyoto Prefectural Ceramics Research facility, finishing his apprenticeship in 1988 and moving to study under his Father, Suzuki Osamu. Three short years later he was accepted into the 38th Nihon Dento Kogeiten Traditional Crafts Exhibition, and has since consistently exhibited and been awarded there. In 1994 he entered the 25th Tokai Dento Kogeiten, and has also consistently exhibited and been awarded there including the top prize. From 2003 he exhibited with the Nihon Togeiten National Ceramics Exhibition, and since been awarded there as well. Work by him is held in the Dayton Art Institute, Gifu Prefectural Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Hyogo Ceramic art Museum and the prestigious Musee Tomo in Tokyo among others.
