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Teabowl

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a black teabowl by Bernard Leach. The bowl is black with white accents on the outside. The white accents are mushrooms with rounded caps and long thin stems. The bowl has a wide mouth and a small foot. The body of the bowl is rounded. The background of the image is white.

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Paste covered with glaze and splashes of transparent glaze; enameled designs (Kiyomizu ware)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 497 px
Museum record:
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