{"product_id":"japanese-chaire-kimura-toho-bizen-yaki-hidasuki-bunrin-tea-caddy","title":"Japanese Chaire - 木村陶峰 Kimura Tōhō - Bizen-yaki Hidasuki Bunrin Tea Caddy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis unglazed Bizen-yaki Chaire (茶入 - tea container) is made in the classic apple (文琳 - bunrin) shape and has a heshizuku (瓶子づく - sake bottle) style lid. The unglazed, fine-grained Bizen clay is decorated with a hidasuki (火襷) pattern. This traditional decoration is created when the potter wraps rice straw around a piece before placing it into the kiln, where the alkalines in the straw react with iron in the clay body to produce these striking scarlet burn marks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chaire was made by Kimura Tōhō (木村陶峰) and comes paired with a grey silk brocade pouch (仕覆 - shifuku) with a purple drawstring, and its original kiribako (桐箱 - wooden paulownia box).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChaire (茶入 - tea container), pronounced cha-ee-reh or chai-reh, are ceramic vessels used to hold high-grade matcha used to make koicha (thick tea). They are some of the most highly-regarded tea ceremony utensils. Chaire lids are typically coated with gold or silver leaf on the underside, which was thought to be a pure material that would discolour when it came into contact with poison, thus protecting one from drinking poisoned tea. Chaire are also paired with a custom-made silk brocade pouch (仕覆 - shifuku) that is tied tightly with a drawstring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.2cm (2.4in) - width\u003cbr\u003e7.1cm (2.8in) - height\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good (has a chip on its lip, please see photos)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis vintage Japanese item ships from the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45548287721516,"sku":"US-C68","price":278.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/9174\/7116\/files\/download_07713b98-fd83-4f34-95ee-b7d7985327c0.jpg?v=1779028603","url":"https:\/\/rak1pm-kn.myshopify.com\/products\/japanese-chaire-kimura-toho-bizen-yaki-hidasuki-bunrin-tea-caddy","provider":"NEBULAPRIMEX ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}