Tea bowl, fragment

Object Details

• Description

  Clay: light grey stoneware.

  Glaze: black glaze.

  Contains sticker.

• Marks

  Small label with ware name "Seto-guro" adhered.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Origin

  Motoyashiki kiln site, Toki city, Gifu prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of John A. Pope

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1610s, 1600s

• Place

  Toki city, Japan, Gifu prefecture, Motoyashiki kiln site

• Topic

  Art, Momoyama period (1573 - 1615), Japanese Art, Ceramics, Mino ware, Black Seto type

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)