Strawberry Tea Bowl - Kyoto Ninsei Style
Unlike the West, in Japan strawberries are very much a symbol of winter. Grown in greenhouses the fruit appears in stores during the coldest part of the year. Nonetheless, this cheerful bowl is full of summer warmth.
This is a Ninsei style tea bowl.
Ninsei (仁清) was a Japanese potter, who lived in the Edo Period, roughly between the 1640s to the 1690s. He is often credited as one of the key founders and influencers of 'Kyō ware', a type of Japanese pottery traditionally from Kyoto. He perfected colourful painted pottery.
Dimensions: w12.5cm x d12.5cm x h7.5cm
Unlike the West, in Japan strawberries are very much a symbol of winter. Grown in greenhouses the fruit appears in stores during the coldest part of the year. Nonetheless, this cheerful bowl is full of summer warmth.
This is a Ninsei style tea bowl.
Ninsei (仁清) was a Japanese potter, who lived in the Edo Period, roughly between the 1640s to the 1690s. He is often credited as one of the key founders and influencers of 'Kyō ware', a type of Japanese pottery traditionally from Kyoto. He perfected colourful painted pottery.
Dimensions: w12.5cm x d12.5cm x h7.5cm
Unlike the West, in Japan strawberries are very much a symbol of winter. Grown in greenhouses the fruit appears in stores during the coldest part of the year. Nonetheless, this cheerful bowl is full of summer warmth.
This is a Ninsei style tea bowl.
Ninsei (仁清) was a Japanese potter, who lived in the Edo Period, roughly between the 1640s to the 1690s. He is often credited as one of the key founders and influencers of 'Kyō ware', a type of Japanese pottery traditionally from Kyoto. He perfected colourful painted pottery.
Dimensions: w12.5cm x d12.5cm x h7.5cm