Product description -
- Bowl - D = 5.5"(14 cm), H = 2.4"(6 cm), 5.4 fl oz(160 ml).
- Spoon - L = 5.7"(14.5 cm).
- Tea Bowl & Spoon.
Story -
Those lucky enough to have watched or taken part in a Japanese tea ceremony will know its peculiar intimacy. As the ceremony unfolds a strangely profound connection develops between host and guest through the calming ritual of each of its movements: the delicate swish of a matcha whisk; the graceful lowering of a wooden ladle.
Making a chawan – the bowl used for the preparing and serving of tea in chadō, the ‘Way of Tea’– is one of the greatest challenges a potter can face. To be suitable for the tea ceremony, potters must work their chawan forms to demanding specifications: the bowl should be light enough to handle with ease, yet heavy enough to have presence in the hand; too thin, and the tea will lose its heat too quickly; too thick, and the bowl will feel clumsy and unwieldy, the heat failing to penetrate to the hand as it is clasped.
In recent years, people who love tea also love glass tea bowls - chawan. Its light visual sense brings out the unique fresh beauty of tea.
