Black Raku shallow tea bowl

Object Details

• Artist

  Raku Tannyu (1795-1854)

• Description

  Shallow, wide earthenware tea bowl (hirajawan) with shiny black Raku glaze and bearing three maker's marks.

  Clay: earthenware

  Glaze: Black Raku

  Decoration: none

  Marks: three Raku seal impressions, one on unglazed portion of base outside of foot ring, one at the exterior wall base, and last impressed on interior well base

• Marks

  three Raku seal impressions, one on unglazed portion of base outside of foot ring, one at the exterior wall base, and last impressed on interior well base

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

• Origin

  Kyoto, 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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• Name

  Raku, Tannyu

• Place

  Kyoto, Japan

• Topic

  Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Tea ceremony, Ceramics, Raku ware

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes