Two Japanese Tea Bowls (Chawan)

Edo period (1615-1868), includes two tea bowls (chawan), the first, 17th or 18th century, stoneware, Mino ware, Kuro Oribe type (3 in., 5 3/4 in. diameter)(good estate condition), and the second, 19th century, stoneware, Mino ware, Nezumi shino type, with impressed artist's seal, comes together with tea cloth (chakin) and inscribed wooden box (tomobako) (3 1/8 in., 5 1/8 in. diameter)(good estate condition).

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