Susumuya Porcelain Kuro-Gosu Tea Bowl

A generous tea bowl from a collection of tablewares resulting from a collaboration between Masanori Oji and Susumuya Tea-House, working alongside Imamura Hajime of Imamura Porcelain, Arita, Japan. Made of Amakusa Touseki (porcelain stone mined from the mountains of the Amakusa region), the interior carries a simple clear ash glaze, whilst the outside has a finish called ‘kuro-gosu’, being left with a red iron underglaze which turns a deep even black on firing, a porous finish which will develop a unique lustre with use and time. Measures approximately 95mm diameter by 78mm high.