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Teabowl

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Teabowl by Bernard Leach. A small ceramic bowl with a rounded body and narrow base. The bowl features a white glaze with a design of dark leaves and branches. The bowl's base is unglazed and dark in color. The interior of the bowl is mostly white with some dark spots and lines. The exterior has a band of dark glaze near the base. The background of the image is white.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1825
Medium
Roughly moulded, showing wheelmarks; fawn-colored clay, light gray glaze almost to the foot; design of daikon (large radish) in brown outlines with leaves in brown and blue (Awata ware)
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 422 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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