Set of Five Chunky Shino Glazed Chawan (Teabowls) triplex junior with only very light wear

with only very light wear to corners and spine

and found it such a lovely and surprising thing

it seems possible that they were chess pieces—if so

murals by Dows are permanent fixtures in post offices in Hyde Park and Rhinebeck

Set of Five Chunky Shino Glazed Chawan (Teabowls) triplex junior with only very light wearI love a chunky tea bowl and a thick shino glaze even more, so there was no way I could resist grabbing this set of hand formed chawan, which feel almost as if they were dug out of the ground fully formed! I just love the combination of rusty orange exteriors, with clay body showing through, combined with the crusty white interiors, which show what I believe is called "crawling shino" an effect caused by the glaze shrinking during drying and then