Set of Five Chunky Shino Glazed Chawan (Teabowls) bright blue (I see one little square

(I see one little square missing)

Perhaps they made it to bind the work of a class

exposing the insides and creating the "root-like" features seen on this one

I have found records of Houle's in operation at least as early as 1919 at that location

Set of Five Chunky Shino Glazed Chawan (Teabowls) bright blue (I see one little squareI love a chunky tea bowl and a thick shino glaze even more, so there was no way I could resist grabbing this set of hand formed chawan, which feel almost as if they were dug out of the ground fully formed! I just love the combination of rusty orange exteriors, with clay body showing through, combined with the crusty white interiors, which show what I believe is called "crawling shino" an effect caused by the glaze shrinking during drying and then