Lot 745. Attributed to Raku Donyu (Nonkō) Kichizaemon III (1599-1656), A Black Raku Ware Tea Bowl Named Kodakara (Small Treasure), Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century; 10.1 x 9.8cm. Sold for US$3,200. © Bonhams

Of deep cylindrical form, completely coated in a lustrous black glaze, with an old lacquer repair, the interior of the foot ring carved with a spiral

With a wood tomobako storage box bearing an inscription containing the attribution and the name, the inscription signed with a kaō.

Lot 748. Raku Sōnyū (Kichizaemon V (1664-1716), A Black Raku Ware Tea Bowl, Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century; 8.2 x 10.9cm. Sold for US$3,200. © Bonhams 

Of typical Raku ware chawan form, the vessel entirely enveloped in shiny black glaze, the exterior covered in small, shallow glaze bubbles, the interior and bottom with larger and deeper glaze bubbles, the foot ring with an old lacquer repair

With a later wood tomobako storage box, the interior of the lid bearing an attestation by Raku Tannyū (Kichizaemon X, 1795-1854) signed Jūdai Kichizaemon kiwame and sealed Raku

Lot 746. Attributed to Raku Ichinyu (Kichizaemon IV, 1640-1696), A Large Black Raku Ware Tea Bowl, Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century; 8.5 x 13.3cm. Sold for US$2,560. © Bonhams 

Of rounded and balanced profile, the walls carved thinly, the vessel completely coated by black glaze with some red hues, the rim gently undulating

With a later wood tomobako storage box bearing an attestation inscription on the interior of the lid, the inscription signed with a kaō.

Lot 742. Attributed to Tanaka Sōmi (dates unknown), A Black Raku Ware Tea Bowl, Momoyama (1573-1615) or Edo (1615-1868) period, 17th/18th century; 9.2 x 10.1cm. Sold for US$1,920. © Bonhams 

Of straight wall with rounded-hip form, the hip leading at an angle to the foot ring cut perpendicularly to the ground, the walls carved thinly, the body covered by a textured and lustrous black glaze with some small brown pock-marking throughout

With a wood tomobako storage box containing the attribution Sōmi yaki kuro chawan the inscription signed and with a kaō.

Note: Tanaka Sōmi (also known as Shōzaemon) was the son of Tanaka Sōkei (born 1535) and the elder brother of Kichizaemon Jōkei (died 1635). In the Raku family kiln genealogy up to around the Genroku era (1688-1704), he is reported to have been considered the second generation after Raku Chōjirō (died 1589), and Jōkei was the third generation. However, in subsequent Raku family genealogies, Shōzaemon was omitted from the Raku generations and treated as only a related branch kiln.

Lot 744. Attributed to Raku Donyu (Nonkō) Kichizaemon III (1599-1656), A Black Raku Ware Tea Bowl Named Tōyama (Distant Mountain), Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century; 8.4 x 11.1 cm. Sold for US$1,792. © Bonhams

Of typical Raku ware chawan form, covered completely in glossy black glaze, scattered glaze gaps revealing the brown body underneath

With a wood tomobako storage box, the lid bearing an inscription with the attribution and the name, the inscription signed with a kaō.

Note: A label on the tomobako states that the box's inscription is by Fukensai (Sekiō Sōshitsu [1746-1801]) the ninth generation grand master of the Urasenke tradition of Japanese tea ceremony.

Lot 743. Attributed to Hon'ami Kōetsu (1558-1637), A Black Raku Ware Tea Bowl Named Suehiro ( Becoming Prosperous), Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century; 7.6 x 12cm. Sold for US$1,536. © Bonhams

Of low-slung rounded-hip form, the body lilting slightly to one side, with kintsugi gold-lacquer repair, the glaze matte with lustrous areas

With a wood tomobako storage box bearing an inscription with the attribution and the name, the inscription signed Sa and with a kaō.

Lot 747. Raku Ichinyu (Kichizaemon IV, 1640-1696), A Black Raku Ware Tea Bowl named Ryokumō ("Green-haired" Longevity), Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century; 8.2 x 11.7cm. Sold for US$1,280. © Bonhams 

Of typical shape for Raku ware chawan, the black-with-splashes-of-red-glaze smooth yet slightly textured and unctuous covering the entirety of the bowl, a black-lacquer repair on the exterior adjacent to the strongly carved foot ring

With a wood tomobako storage box, the underside of the lid bearing an inscription with the attribution and the name, the attribution signed with a kaō.

Note: The kaō corresponds with that of Rokurokusai (Zuiō Sōsa, 1837-1910), 11th generation grandmaster of the Omotesenke tradition of Japanese tea ceremony.

Bonhams. Fine Japanese and Korean Art, including the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection of Japanese Art, New York, 20 March 3025