ATTRIBUTED TO RAKU JŌKEI 楽（田中）常慶 (TANAKA, DIED 1635) A Black Raku Ware Tea Bowl named Ashibe (Reedy Shore) Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century The glazed earthenware chawan coated entirely in a graphite-black glaze, with low-slung hip and nearly vertical walls, the bottom of the interior broad and flat, with a later tomobako (wood storage box), the inscription on the underside of the lid bearing the attribution and the name, signed with a kaō 3 1/8 x 4 5/8in (8 x 11.7cm) Footnotes: The kaō associated with the inscription on the lid of the tomobako box appears to correspond with that of the ninth-generation grand master of the Urasenke lineage of tea ceremony, Sekiō Sōshitsu (Fukensai, 1746-1801). Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing