Since which kilns they were fired in is not clear even today, it can be said that it was a unique viewpoint of the Japanese that led them to seek what were even then minor and rare karamono tea bowls.
唐物茶器はこんにちでも窯跡が明らかでないような、したがって当時としても陶磁界の主流でない珍奇なものが日本人独自の視点で捜し求められたといっていい。