$12

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Matched pair of red stoneware tea bowls with pedestal foot and ribbed, 5-lobed body with slightly mottled cream-yellow glaze. The squat bowls have a unique shape, reminiscent of a chrysanthemum flower. Each bowl is decorated by 3 arrows or swallows motifs which have been left unglazed, exposing the red body of the vessels. The bowls are unsigned and unmarked.

Approximately 4 inches diameter, 2 ½ inches tall, 2 inches deep. In very good condition with no chips, cracks or crazing. There is some pitting and pinholes in the glaze, especially around the lip, consistent with the type of glaze used and heightening their wabi-sabi appeal. One bowl has what appears to be utensil marks on the inside of the bowl (see photos.)