Tetsubin
A Japanese cast-iron kettle with a dotted surface and a handle arching over the lid.
Tetsubin were used to boil water for tea over a charcoal hearth. They became a symbol of Japanese craft and are collected worldwide. Examples are in the Tokyo National Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Materials: Cast iron, bronze (lid)
Manufacture: Cast in clay moulds in Morioka or Yamagata; the pattern of bumps, arare, formed in the mould.
The small bumps in rows over the whole surface.
The heavy low form and arching handle.