Temmoku Glazed Tea Bowl, Pre-Ming Style
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Collection
Ceramics & Tea Wares
Period
Pre-Ming Style
Overview
A Temmoku-style tea bowl with dark mottled glaze, appreciated for its depth of surface, tactile simplicity, and classical tea aesthetic.
Description
This tea bowl features a Temmoku-style glaze with a deep brown-black ground and mottled surface effects created through firing. The glaze flows naturally across the bowl, producing a richly layered appearance that shifts between dark sheen and clustered patterning. Its compact, well-balanced form gives the bowl a direct and satisfying visual presence.
Tea bowls of this type are admired not for elaborate ornament but for the transformation of glaze in the kiln. The contrast between the dark glazed surface and the unglazed foot ring gives the vessel structural clarity, while the subtle sheen developed across the surface adds to its tactile appeal. The result is a bowl that feels both restrained and visually alive.
This example is best described as a tea bowl in pre-Ming style, valued for glaze expression, utility, and the enduring aesthetic of classical tea wares.
Details
Object Type: Tea Bowl
Material: Stoneware with Temmoku glaze
Diameter: 12.5 cm
Height: 7 cm
Weight: 322 g
Origin: East Asian tradition
Condition
Minor surface wear and kiln irregularities consistent with traditional firing and age.
Authenticity & Attribution Note
The pre-Ming attribution is intended as a stylistic reference rather than a definitive claim of date or origin.