White slip covers the dark clay of this striated tea bowl from the Edo period kilns of Hagi stored in a beautiful silk pouch in a period wooden box annotated with a poem by Tea Master Kawakami Soju (1777-1844).Slightly elongated, the bowl measures 12 x 10.5 x 9 cm (5 x 4 x 3-1/2 inches).There are two hairline cracks on the inside of the bowl which do not appear to go through to the outside.
