Rare Edo period Chawan Tea Bowl

A very rare 19^th century tea bowl by Ohashi Shuji enclosed in the original wooden box signed by both the artist and a  tea aficionado  named Horinouchi Fusensai.  It is 10 cm (4 inches) diameter, 12 cm (just less than 5 inches) tall and in excellent condition.

Ohashi Shuji (1795-1857) studied medicine before coming to pottery at the age of 37.   A practitioner of the Hisada School of tea, he studied in Kyoto under Ogata Shuhei, and was adept at many styles.  Horinouchi Fusensai (1889 – 1945) was the 10^th head of the Horinouchi school of tea.