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Hello,

I'd appreciate help dating this chawan. It was bought at a Japanese auction. Is it Korean or Japanese made? How old is it?

Height: Approx. 8.9cm
Width: Approx. 13.9cm

Black handwriting on box - 呉器茶碗 Goki chawan, writing in silver/gold on black - 呉器 Goki, the red cartouche, I am told reads 華邨 Kason.

Link :Images of the chawan

Based on a Japanese book on my bookshelf (鑑定備考日本陶器全書　大西林五郎編著　1940)
Goki is called Goki (五器) because there were originally five versions of this chawan;
Kōyō goki 　　　高葉五器
Daitokuji goki　大徳寺五器
Ama goki　　　　尼五器
Kiri goki　　　 錐五器
Sugigata goki　 椙形五器

Goki （五器）is also written 呉器　and 御器,　because this bowl-shaped vessel was offered before the Gods in ancient times.
There is also a theory that it refers to the Korean tea bowl resembling the wooden lacquered bowls used in Zen temples. They are tall and tubby and on an elevated open stand it can be called as a chawan which is as large as five others.

The Kason （華邨）seal was applied by the famous painter Suzuki Kason (1860-1919) who wrote the inscription of the tomobako.

With regards,
I.Nagy

Thank you very much! Do you have any idea how old the bowl might be?

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