Tea bowl, Black Oribe style ware

Object Details

• Artist

  Tsujimura Shiro (Japan, born 1947)

• Description

  A deep narrow cylinder with thickened rim, pressed into a triangular section. A deep groove was incised around the edge of the base; the base is faceted, and the foot ring is hand-carved. The bowl was dipped twice in Black Oribe glaze, with fingerprints intentionally left during the second dip.

• Inscriptions

  The box lid reads: "Hikidashi-guro chawan / Shiro [square red seal]."

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Origin

  Nara prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Yanagi Koichi

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  2000s

• Name

  Tsujimura, Shiro

• Place

  Nara prefecture, Japan

• Topic

  Tea, Contemporary Art, Heisei era (1989 - 2019), Art, Stoneware, Black glaze ware, Japanese Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)