Vintage Japanese Oribe-ware Sokogawara Tile Tea Ceremony Furo 11" Kanban mountings show age and repair

mountings show age and repair

The design is executed in sharp relief

This is a vintage Japanese hand painted scroll on paper

this chest was made in the mid Meiji era (c

5" tall (21

Vintage Japanese Oribe-ware Sokogawara Tile Tea Ceremony Furo 11" Kanban mountings show age and repairThis is a vintage Japanese Sokogawara () used in traditional tea ceremony. This is glazed in a rare turquoise Oribe ware style with chrysanthemums. A sokogawara is a flat ceramic tile traditionally placed under a kama (iron kettle) in a Japanese tea ceremony, particularly in the ro (sunken hearth) setting. Its main purpose is to protect the hearth floor from intense heat and to provide a stable base for the kettle. Made from heat resistant clay, it