Mishima-style tea bowl made in Seto, Aichi Perfecture, during the middle to late Edo period.

The bowl has a rounded form with a slightly everted rim and is covered in a transparent glaze. The surface is decorated with white slip inlay, including geometric bands around the upper body and stamped patterns below. The decoration includes the four characters 長生不老 (chosei furo), meaning “longevity without aging.”

The glaze shows brown iron coloration, firing irregularities, and variations in tone. 

Mishima ware refers to a group of Japanese ceramics that imitate the inlaid decoration techniques of Korean Buncheong ware from the early Joseon Dynasty. One of the best known Korean Mishima bowls is the famous Mishima Oke Chawan, owned by Sen no Rikyu and traditionally associated with the Owari Tokugawa family. It served as an important model and reference for many Mishima style bowls produced in Japan. During the late Edo period, the Owari Domain actively commissioned reproductions of renowned ceramics from its collection, with Mishima works among those produced as part of this effort.

Size 

Width 10.5cm

Height 8.7cm

Comes with an old wooden box

There are old minor kiln cracks on the surface.