On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 00:21:30 GMT, Chandler >
tripped the light fantastic, then quipped:

>In article >,
> crymad > wrote:
>
>> In Japanese, I would describe that tea
>> bowl as "soboku", suggesting "simplicity, artless, ingenuous", but
>> tinged with "pathos". Any word in English that approaches this concept?
>
>homely?

Humble, perhaps?

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