Artist:

Style of Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637) , by an unknown amateur potter  Search this

Medium:

Earthenware with red slip under colorless glaze; red lacquer repairs

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 9.3 × 13.7 cm (3 11/16 × 5 3/8 in)

Style:

Raku ware, unknown workshop

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Kyoto, Japan

Date:

19th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Tea-bowl, cylindrical; low, retired foot.

Clay: sonorous, gray-white. Raku type.

Glaze: lustrous, soft dull red slip, under clear glaze that where thick appears brownish-green. Glaze wiped off footrim. Old red lacquer repairs to firing cracks.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Japanese Art in the Age of Koetsu (June 6, 1998 to February 15, 1999)

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

Raku ware  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

tea  Search this

Japan  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

lacquer repair  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1899.35

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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