天てん目もく台だい

noun

stand for tea bowls (tea ceremony)

A small lacquered stand used in the Japanese tea ceremony to hold a tea bowl, especially a tenmoku bowl.

See also: 天目

• 茶さ道どうでは、天てん目もく台だいに天てん目もく茶碗ぢゃわんを載のせて客きゃくに出だすことがあります。

  In the tea ceremony, a tenmoku tea bowl is sometimes placed on a tenmokudai stand and presented to the guest.