天目型, Tenmoku-gata: Tenmoku Type Tea Bowls (抹茶茶碗)

The form is typically well-shaped with an indented finger-groove just beneath the rim. The rims are sometimes covered with a band of metal, often silver. Since the temmoku hare's fur and oil spot glazes needed to be fired hot and cooled slowly, the glazes sometimes moved, collecting in thick and drippy lower edges.

The images below come from several museums. Click on an image to visit its original page for more detailed information.

Mino or Seto ware temmoku tea bowl, Freer|Sackler Galleries

Kyoto ware temmoku tea bowl, Freer|Sackler Galleries

Satsuma ware temmoku style tea bowl, Ryumonji kilns, Freer|Sackler Galleries

Chinese Southern Song Dynasty Tea Bowl, 13th century, National Gallery of Art

Jian-Ware Tea Bowl Fused to the Interior of a Saggar, Harvard Art Museums

Temmuko bowls, with their small feet, can tip, as this one did in it's protective saggar when it was being fired. To prevent this tipping during use, they are placed on special stands to help hold them upright.

天目台, Tenmokudai: Tea Bowl Stand, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Large Tea Bowl with Indented Lip and Decoration of Plum Blossom and Three Phoenixes in Flight, Chinese, 13th-14th century, Harvard Art Museums