A PORTABLE IRON FURÔ

Estimated Value:

1.500 € - 2.500 €

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incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Japan, Edo period, 18th c. or earlier
D. 33 cm
Bowl-shaped with horizontal, flared rim, on three small feet. The bulge on the front is surrounded by ivy vines and foliage. Comes with an iron tripod (gotoku). Unmarked wooden box. Enclosed is an expert's paper (kanteisho) in an envelope. The envelope inscribed: Tetsuen fûro (iron charcoal basin); tsuta mon (ivy pattern) Ko Tenmyô saku naru (old Tenmyô 天明 work) Shôbei origami ("folded paper" of the Shôbei). The paper (kanteisho) inscribed: Tetsu fûro (iron charcoal basin) / ...tsuta jimon tame kore (ivy ground pattern) / migi Tenmyô ko saku. Mu...sha naru (present: old Tenmyô work not ...person Kamashi (kettle master) / Shôbei / yoroshi and kaô U/usagi (in the year of the hare) / shûjitsu (on an autumn day). On the reverse of the paper two black seals of a professional appraiser (kanteika 鑑定家): ...kan and Ajinobu .
From an important Bavarian private collection, acquired before 2000
An iron furo 風炉 was used in the tea ceremony in summer to heat water in an equally iron kettle (gama). Glowing charcoals are placed in the ashes to heat the kettle, which rests on a tripod. The name "Tenmyô" is given to many valuable kettles (Berliner, p. 298). It refers to the place of manufacture, Tenmyô, in Shimotsuke Province (now Sano City in Tochigi Prefecture). In tea circles, kettles made between the Shôchô era (1428-1429) and the Tenbun era (1532-1555) are referred to as Ko-Tenmyo (Old Tenmyô); then Go-Tenmyo (Late Tenmyô) from 1555 to 1616. Shôbei 庄兵衛 must have been (consequently the resident) kettle master. As is usual in Japan, the same names were used over many generations. The single character "usagi" allows for many different years in the rhythm of twelve - Damages due to age

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