Tea Bowl
by Maki Haku
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Typical Price
- Fine signed Maki Haku print in excellent condition: $400–$1,500
- Good condition numbered edition: $200–$700
- Standard impression: $100–$400
Description
The tea bowl — chawan — is one of the most culturally loaded objects in Japanese material culture, the central vessel of the tea ceremony and a touchstone for aesthetic values of wabi and sabi: asymmetry, imperfection, the beauty of the weathered and irregular. Maki Haku's engagement with the tea bowl almost certainly treats it as both object and concept — the bowl's curved interior, its weight in the hands, its absorption of color and patina translated into the textured, embossed surface of his prints.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Tea Bowl was created by Maki Haku (巻白).
Tea Bowl depicts birds & flowers and food & drink.