Lot 349 D α

An Ao-Oribe kutsugata-type chawan. Mino area. Edo period, late 17th/18th century

Of irregular shape on a low and very wide foot ring, reserved from the bottle green glaze a white engobed area with chidori painted in iron-black. Wooden box with a paper label reading Ko Oribe chawan with seal and on the reverse of the lid inscription reading Muneaki with kaô. Shifuku.
Height 7.7 cm; width 12.5 cm