Nasu Cha-ire (Eggplant-shaped Tea Caddy), Black Glaze by Teiichi Oketani - Ceramic - Teiichi Oketani / 桶谷定一 (b. 1935) - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)

Original Shōwa-period Kyoto-ware eggplant-shaped tea caddy by Teiichi Oketani, in a high-gloss black glaze with a golden-brown keshiki glaze, with a cream lid, unglazed foot, and accompanied by a blue and gold silk shifuku and a signed wooden tomobako. Height: 10 cm. Width: 6.5 cm. Material: Ceramic. Title: Nasu Cha-ire (Eggplant-shaped Tea Caddy), Black Glaze by Teiichi Oketani. Artist: Teiichi Oketani / 桶谷定一 (b. 1935).