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Teabowl

Keinyu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Teabowl by Keinyu. A ceramic teabowl with a dark brown and white glaze. The bowl is rounded and short with a narrow foot. The top third of the bowl has horizontal lines around its circumference. Below the lines, glaze drips down towards the foot. Below the glaze drip, a band of carved crisscross pattern encircles the bowl. The inside of the bowl is dark.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1852
Medium:
Cylindrical with small foot; horizontal lines incised below uneven lip; brown clay with creamy glaze and green overglaze; brown latticed strokes; inside, three flying birds suggested (Raku ware)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 495 px
Museum record:
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