Tea Bowl
name: label: Donor Name
content: Harold I. Sewall
notes: label: Notes
content: Chawan [ceremonial tea bowl], raku ware, with decoration imitating Oribe design. Mark of Keinyu [also known as Kichizaemon], the 11th Raku. Mid 19th century. Clay is heavier and higher fired than the usual Raku ware. The imitation of the Oribe design is seen in the bottom of the bowl especially, and it consists of a green drip glaze. Also an example of the high contrast of the glazed and unglazed surfaces, which were much admired by chagins of the traditional ceremonial cha-no-yu. Also evidenced is the rough and irregular shape of the bowl itself. The use of colors is traditional; the cream color and the green" (from Mary Nation's manuscript "The Interpretation of American Artistic Tastes as Reflected in The National Museum's Collection of Japanese Ceramics, 1975-1920"]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kyoto, Honshu, Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010548
label: USNM Number
content: EL3932-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl
physicalDescription: label: Depth - Object
content: 13.018 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 7.302 cm