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Source Description
This tea bowl was made in Korea for the Japanese market. Its characteristic rough and rustic form and surface epitomizes the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi, an appreciation of the imperfect, the impermanent, and the incomplete.
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Document identity
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40284
label
Tea Bowl
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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40284
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Tea Bowl
description
This tea bowl was made in Korea for the Japanese market. Its characteristic rough and rustic form and surface epitomizes 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
ca. 1580-1610 (Joseon dynasty (1392–1910))
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
tea bowls
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 5 1/2 in. (13.9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Korean
style
Buncheong
dynasty
Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
med
Stoneware ceramic, white slip, glaze (Buncheong)
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2851
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JPK
exhibition_ids
821
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1
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0
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photo
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