Tea Bowl

1700s Overall: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.); Diameter of base: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.106

This type of wide-mouthed bowl was used every day in Korea, not exclusively for tea drinking. But when it was introduced to Japan around the early 16th century, its imperfect appearance, which evokes the aesthetics of wabi-sabi, caused it to be repurposed as a tea bowl. Korean...

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