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Source Description
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.
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16006
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Tea Bowl
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16006
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title
Tea Bowl
description
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
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
tea bowls
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import
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H: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)
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Japanese
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Raku ware
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Earthenware ceramic, glaze (Raku)
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6194
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JPK
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753
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