Vintage Matcha Bowl (Chawan) # 95131 matchaware

Vintage Matcha Bowl (Chawan) # 95131 matchawareVintage Matcha Bowl (Chawan) # 95131

helping to maintain consistency in each tea session

The bouquet of brewed tea is multifaceted and warm

Brief history: Teapots that reference ancient architectural or funerary ceramics are part of a long antiquarian tendency in Chinese pottery—especially in the Yixing (zisha) tradition from the late Ming and Qing periods onward—where potters borrowed archaic shapes and motifs to evoke antiquity and scholarly taste

with dominant honeysuckle-like floral notes

The wet leaves exude a powerful berry-like fragrance

The name literally reads "eight-direction Han tile" (八方 = eight directions/octagonal

Balanced shape and wide rim for easy whisking

grown at an elevation of 200m

“Gongting” means “palace grade

Forms inspired by Buddha’s Hand and gourds both carry symbolic associations—blessings

The tea is hand-picked between March 20 and May 30

This batch is made from a later spring harvest using more mature leaves