White Raku tea bowl, named Hekidō

Object Details

• Artist

  Sen Soshitsu XIII 十三代目千宗室 (1872-1924)

• Description

  Earthenware half-cylinder tea bowl, white Raku glaze, black floral motif and faint iron-red bamboo motif decorations, artist's signature on back, artist's seal impressed on unglazed clay on exterior base.

• Marks

  artist's cipher applied in black on back exterior wall; artist's seal impressed on area of unglazed clay on exterior base

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Knotted Clay: Raku Ceramics and Tea (December 9, 2023 - ongoing)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Gift of Gregory Kinsey

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

  Freer Gallery 20a: Knotted Clay: Raku Ceramics and Tea

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• Date

  1910s

• Name

  Sen, Soshitsu

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Japanese Art, Tea ceremony, Taisho era (1912 - 1926), Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes