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Japanese Tea Ceremony Vessels

Sado, also called chado or cha no yu, is the traditional way of preparing and drinking tea when one has guests. In sado, special powdered tea, different from ordinary Japanese tea is usually used. The powdered tea is put into a teabowl, hot water is poured on it, it is whipped with a bamboo whisk till it foams and and then drunk. In the sixteenth century, Sen-no-Rikyu brought sado to perfection by incorporating the simple aesthetic values known as wabi (subtle taste) and sabi (elegant simplicity) and the concept that every single encounter never repeats in a life time (ichigo ichie). 

These vessels are hand crafted and date to the mid 20th century.  They are in excellent condition, and some are signed by the maker.  Some of them are used to drink tea (chawan) and others, with an outward curving lip, are used to pour tea washings and used tea water (kensui). Please click on the thumbnails to see an enlarged view, and inquire for additional pictures. 

					INVENTORY#	PRICE	DIAMETER	HEIGHT
					JA208SG	$150	5"	2.75"
					JA221MG-1	$150	5.5"	3.75"
					JA221MG-3	$150	5.25"	2.5"
					JA221MG-6 SIGNED	$150	5.25"	3.25"
					JA221MG-8 SIGNED	$150	5.25"	3.75"
					JA221MG-10 SIGNED	$150	5"	3.5"
					JA221MG-11 SIGNED	SOLD	5"	3.25"
					JA221MG-12	$150	5.75"	3"
					JA221MG-13	$150	5.25"	3.25"
					JA221MG-14	$150	4.75"	2.75"
					JA219MG-3	SOLD	5.5"	2"
					JA220MG	$250	5.5"	3.5"
					JA220MG-2 SIGNED	$250	5"	3.5"
					1J478-1	$75	5"	2.5"
					1J478-2	$150	5"	2.5"

					CHAWAN1 SIGNED	$150	5"	3"
					CHAWAN2	$150	4.5"	3"
					TEA CUP	$50	3.25"	3.25"
					CHANO2	$125	4.75"	5.5"
					CHANO6	$150	5"	5.5"
					CHANO9	$125	7.5"	3"

CHANO14

$125

5"

3"

CHANO21

$95

5.75"

3"