Vintage | Matcha Chawan - red Raku

Red raku tea bowl in beautiful condition from Tajimi (Gifu Prefecture).

In the tea bowls, also called Chawan, the high-quality Matcha is beaten and then drunk from it.
Suitable chawan are therefore larger than our European tea bowls and usually also thicker walled. A chawan should be large enough to allow the tea to be whipped into a froth in the bowl. Chawan are made of ceramic, not porcelain.

Particularly high-quality chawan, also called raku, are formed by hand and have a very irregular surface. They are very smooth in the hand and are also considered works of art.