Large Bowl (raibachi) / Okuda Eizan
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.209
- Title
- Large Bowl (raibachi)
- Artist
- Okuda Eizan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1944
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with natural ash glaze
- Object Creation Date
- 2005
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Kinki (region)
- Shiga (prefecture)
- Shigaraki (city)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Kinki (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Shiga (prefecture)
- Creation Place 5
- Shigaraki (city)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the artist
- Dimensions
- 26 cm x 62.5 cm x 63.7 cm (10 1/4 in. x 24 5/8 in. x 25 1/16 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- bowl
- Physical Description
- Large bowl with wide and asymmetrical rim and natural ash glaze. The bowl appears to be orange on the outside, and multi-colored on the inside.
- Subject Matter
- This large bowl is modeled after a type of grinding bowl used in farmhouses in the countryside. In a tea ceremony context, this bowl most likely would have been used as an urn for hand washing placed at the entrance to a tearoom.
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3888 x 2592
- File Size
- 231 KB
- Record
- 2010/1.209
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-1.209/2010_1.209.jpg
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"Large Bowl (raibachi); Okuda Eizan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-1.209/2010_1.209.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
