Buncheong ware tea bowl, named Naruto

Object Details

• Description

  Iron-red stoneware tea bowl with white slip under clear glaze stamped and incised patterns inlaid with white slip.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  A Journey of Taste: Freer and Japanese Scroll Mounting (April 15, 2023 to March 3, 2024)

• Origin

  Gyeongsang-do province, Korea

• Credit Line

  The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Gift of Gregory Kinsey

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1400s

• Place

  Gyeongsang-do province, Korea

• Topic

  Art, Buncheong ware, Joseon period (1392 - 1910), The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Stoneware, Japanese Art, Lacquer, Korean Art, Tea ceremony, Ceramics

• Culture

  Koreans, Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)