Property from a private collection of tea wares RAKU SEINYŪ (KICHIZAEMON XII, 1887-1944)A Black Raku Ware Tea Bowl Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, after 1919 A glazed earthenware chawan with lustrous black glaze featuring a short curtain of red glaze on one side, angled ceramic spatula impressions decorate the exterior wall, a small mark from the tongs used to remove the bowl from the kiln remaining on the wall opposite of the red glazing, the foot-ring crisply carved with an uzu whirlpool design to the interior of the ring, sealed Raku on the underside With a wood tomobako storage box and tomogire wrapping cloth, the box inscribed Kuro chawan , signed Raku Kichizaemon , and sealed Raku on the underside of the body, with an inscription on the underside of the lid by Sen Sōshitsu XIV (Mugensai/Tantansai) of the Urasenke Chadō tradition, Kuro chawan Seinyū zō , signed Konnichian with a kaō 2 15/16 x 4 7/16in (7.5 x 11.3cm) Provenance Kyoto, Japan, early 2000s Born the first son of twelfth generation Raku Kōnyū (1857-1932), Seinyū succeeded his father as head of the Raku family of ceramists in 1919. Please refer to lot 680 for more information on the Raku family.