A teabowl fired in Mino in the early Edo period. It has a semi-cylindrical shape that rises slightly inwards and is coated with a reddish persimmon glaze up to the side of the foot. Its foot is a distinctive gokezoko, unusual for tea bowls, indicating that it may have originally been made for a mukouzuke or an incense burner. However, the aesthetic qualities of this piece align perfectly with the sensibilities of tea ceremony ware. The bowl’s irregular, distorted shape and style of Mino ware tea pottery exude a sense of rustic beauty and embody the essence of the tea aesthetic.

This bowl is an excavated heirloom. Chips along the rim were once repaired with Kintsugi, though the repairs have partially peeled off over time with use. There is also a short hairline crack extending from the rim. It is stored in an old box.