{"product_id":"a-hand-hewn-wooden-bowl-beautifully-soulful-wear-marks","title":"A Hand Hewn Wooden Bowl: Beautifully Soulful Wear Marks","description":"\u003cp\u003eearly twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e2 1\/4\" x 12\", 5.5 cm x 30.5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis rustic, well-used and now slightly warped wooden bowl has been hewn from one wide piece of lightweight wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bowl is shallow and the surface of the bowl attests to repeated use over a long period of time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe bowl may have been used for kneading but, although the wear marks inside the bowl indicate this, its shallowness suggests it could have served a more general use.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is crack on the rim and there is obvious loss to the surface of the inside of the bowl, the result of use and wear. There is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katakana\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ekatakana\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e syllable burned into the surface of the bottom of the bowl, shown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe foot of the bowl shows wear as does the body of the bowl and altogether this is a wonderful, everyday implement that comes to us directly from old Japan and from a time when these types of tools were used everyday.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45824169935034,"sku":null,"price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0070\/9422\/files\/Round5_fa908098-e763-4de3-9352-fd009835ab00.jpg?v=1777986370","url":"https:\/\/www.srithreads.com\/products\/a-hand-hewn-wooden-bowl-beautifully-soulful-wear-marks","provider":"Sri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}