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Tea Bowl
(Japan and Korea )
Raku ware such as this bowl is a renowned type of Japanese pottery. This pottery type was highly appreciated by tea masters in Japan for being hand-sculpted, which in their opinion lent a purity and unpretentiousness to the objects. Furthermore, the rustic and minimalist character of raku ware exemplifies the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi—an appreciation of the imperfect, the impermanent, and the incomplete.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1984 | Master Potters of Japan. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Japan, Kyoto (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
49.2119