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Japanese-made ceramic
The title is Natsu Ginga Chawan Tenmoku (夏銀河茶碗 - 天目 - ).

This is a tea bowl created by Nakao Tetsuaki.

Special blue color is abundantly displayed inside and outside.
The way the deep blue accumulates in the bowl is notably great.
The overall thickness of the bowl is thin, you are supposed to be amazed at how light it lifts.

Tenmoku Chawan
People used to hold a Tenmoku tea bowl to drink Japanese tea.
Some imitated those bowls imported from China in a Japanese style.
Its feature is the following
- Low footring
- Unglazed footring, showing the soil
- Funnel-shaped
- Mouth Being tapered in the middle, then warped upwards
Tenmoku is still beautiful and valuable.

Natsu-Ginga (夏銀河)
Natsu means summer of the four seasons in Japanese.
The feature is a pattern that looks like a summer night's sky studded with stars.
This cobalt blue is the color which has won numerous awards overseas.