Serving bowl, blossoming plum order tree, Saito Unraku, Kiyomizu ware, Japan

Midsize bowl of square shape with rounded corners. Over a thin, hand-thrown coarse brown stoneware overlapping gray, brown and white slips have been applied, over order which the decoration has been painted. In tones of brown and pale blue a plum tree with blue blossoms is painted on the outside, and another one on the inside.

On the bottom, inside the foot an impressed seal Unraku, in a circle. Unraku ware is made by Saito Unraku, who is regarded a traditional craftsman.

Kyoto, Kiyomizu ware, Japan, 1960s-1980s

H 3.75 x W 7.25 x D 7 in.

Mint condition

Comes with a wooden storage box with inscription and paper label

Saito Unraku creates ceramics that for the larger part are to be used in the tea ceremony. The brown and pale blue on white slip is a color palette that is often applied to the various bowls and plates. Usually, the designs are more dainty.