The ‘HEKIKAI’ yuteki tenmoku tea bowl and the ‘YOHEN’ taihi tenmoku tea bowl have now been added to the public collection of the British Museum.

“’HEKIKAI’ is the yuteki tenmoku tea bowl” created by reproducing a glaze from the Southern Song period (12-13th century). It represents the authentic character of an iron glaze, shining silver under the light but changing to brown, red-brown or red-purple when the light is off.

‘YOHEN’ refers to that which shines with a rainbow-colour, however, this ‘YOHEN’ taihi tenmoku has a particular jewel-like sparkle, never seen before and thus widely reported in newspapers, tv programs and magazines in Japan.