Red Raku ware shallow tea bowl / Artist Unknown, Japan

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Accession Number
1954/1.536
Title
Red Raku ware shallow tea bowl
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Medium and Support
earthenware with red glaze
Object Creation Date
19th century
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
Japan (nation)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Dimensions
6.4 cm x 14 cm (2 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in.)
Century
19th century?
Primary Object Classification
Ceramic
Primary Object Type
tea bowl
Physical Description
This squat bowl is not smooth but has subtle irregularities in texture and shape, intentionally highlighted by the brilliant red glaze.
Subject Matter
Since the late sixteenth century, red has competed with black as a favored color for teabowls. Red bowls come in an astonishingly wide range of colors, from a rusty orange to a pale pink. They are made with a clear glaze over red slip (thin, watery clay). Although this bowl bears a seal reading “raku,” here it probably indicates the style rather than the maker of the bowl. Similarities to pottery made in western Japan suggest that this bowl may come from a workshop in the Hagi or Karatsu area. The bowl demonstrates the wide appeal of the Raku technique to tea practitioners of late Edo-period Japan.
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Record
1954/1.536
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"Red Raku ware shallow tea bowl; Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.536/1954_1.536.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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