Drinking vessel, Large sake cup, Silver oil drop, Tenmoku shape, tea cup - Shinemon-kiln, Arita ware, Ceramics

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Silver oil drop tenmoku is a type of ware that originated from the Cizhou kilns in Ci County, Hebei Province, China. Although not as glamorous as the shiny gold oil drop tenmoku produced at the Jian kiln in Shuiji Town in northern Fujian Province, the moist mottled patterns like smoked silver have been prized by Japanese tea masters since the Muromachi period. The works of the Shinemon kiln is a modern version of the ancient style, and the speckles, which sometimes shine like obsidian and sometimes like the universe, are highly valued in the field of fine arts.
The shape "Tenmoku" comes from a vessel made in China. During the Kamakura period (1185-1333), Japanese monks who had studied at the temple of Tianmu Mountain in Zhejiang Province, China, brought back to Japan tea bowls called Tenmoku tea bowls, which were highly prized. This type of tea bowls had been produced in China in large numbers and at one time reigned on the throne of Chinese tea bowls, and is characterized by a low, small ring on the bottom, a mortar-shaped body and a neck on the mouth rim. The Tenmoku-shaped tea bowl by Shinemon, which is a smaller version of this bowl, is very popular.