Preliminary identification
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Overview
This is a hand-manipulated stoneware tea bowl featuring a soft greyish-celadon crackle glaze over a buff clay body with exposed iron-rich slip or body around the foot. While bearing an old dealer label attributing it to '1500 Yrs. old Korean pottery,' the form, foot-trimming technique, and glaze behavior strongly indicate a 20th-century studio or revival piece made for the tea ceremony.
Story
Vintage dealer tags from the mid-20th century often labeled rustic stoneware as ancient Three Kingdoms pottery. In truth, modern potters deliberately shaped these organic rims to cradle whisked tea perfectly.
Maker / Origin
The maker is currently unidentified as there are no visible workshop stamps on the base. It comes out of the vibrant 20th-century East Asian studio pottery movement, where master potters looked to ancient Korean Buncheong and Silla wares to create soulful utensils for the tea ceremony.
Condition & Value
The bowl appears structurally sound with intact glaze and no visible hairline cracks across the body, though there is natural kiln pitting and minor roughness around the unglazed foot ring. Good condition maintains solid utilitarian and display value.
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Comparable demand stays strongest where maker, originality, and venue confidence line up. Broader examples still trade, but the range tightens quickly when provenance, condition, or selling lane fit is missing.
Best Venue
Specialty auction or a focused dealer with buyers already in this lane.
Signed example with light edge wear and original frame.
Comparable format with stronger provenance and cleaner surface.
Smaller related piece with visible craquelure and trimmed margins.
Period match with softer condition and weaker subject matter.
Close market lane comp with similar material and presentation.