Tea Incense Burner Owl

Some objects do more than one thing at once. The Owl Chakōro is a tea incense burner, a source of warmth and a piece of character, all contained in a single handcrafted vessel from Tokoname, Japan.

Its dark, coarse-textured stoneware body stands upright in a cylindrical form, marked by the rustic beauty of yakishime firing. At the front, a wide arched opening frames two round hand-applied ceramic eyes, wide, watchful and unmistakably owl-like, which glow softly in the light of the tealight burning within.

Place your tea leaves on the tray above, light the candle inside and within minutes the gentle heat draws the tea's fragrance upward through the body and into the room. Calm fills the space before the first sip.

Handpicked by AICHA directly from the master artisans of Tokoname.