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Teabowl

Raku Tannyu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Teabowl by Raku Tannyu. A dark-colored ceramic teabowl with a rough, uneven rim. The bowl is rounded and slightly wider at the top than at the base. The exterior has a dark, mottled glaze with lighter speckles. A small, rounded foot supports the bowl. The background is plain white.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Clay completely covered with uniform glaze, over a gray glaze (Raku ware)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 532 px
Museum record:
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