Tea bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Accompanied by two wooden boxes, inscribed Ko-Oribe / Mutetsushi on the inner box, and also inscribed Oribe Kutsu / Mutetsushi shoji on the outer box.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Imperfectly Beautiful: Inventing Japanese Ceramic Style (October 14, 2017 - October 14, 2019)

  Oribe Ware: Color and Pattern in Japanese Ceramics (December 13, 2014 to June 14, 2015)

• Origin

  Motoyashiki kiln, Toki city, Gifu prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Harold P. Stern Memorial Fund, Charles Lang Freer Endowment, and funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1610s, 1600s

• Place

  Motoyashiki kiln, Toki city, Japan, Gifu prefecture

• Topic

  Tea, Oribe ware, Mino ware, Art, Momoyama period (1573 - 1615), Stoneware, Japanese Art, Tea ceremony, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)