Vintage Japanese Oribe-ware Sokogawara Tile Tea Ceremony Furo 11" Kanban mountings show age and repair

mountings show age and repair

In folk belief

this chest was made in the mid Meiji era (c

This is a 120 year old antique Japanese suzuribako from the late Meiji Era c

5" tall (21

Vintage Japanese Oribe-ware Sokogawara Tile Tea Ceremony Furo 11" Kanban mountings show age and repairThis is a vintage Japanese Sokogawara () used in traditional tea ceremony. This is glazed in a rare turquoise Oribe ware style with chrysanthemums. A sokogawara is a flat ceramic tile traditionally placed under a kama (iron kettle) in a Japanese tea ceremony, particularly in the ro (sunken hearth) setting. Its main purpose is to protect the hearth floor from intense heat and to provide a stable base for the kettle. Made from heat resistant clay, it