Tea Bowl / Kôyama Kiyoko

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Accession Number
2010/1.215
Title
Tea Bowl
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Artist Life Dates
born 1936
Object Creation Date
circa 2000
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
8 cm x 12.3 cm x 12 cm (3 1/8 in. x 4 13/16 in. x 4 3/4 in.)
Primary Object Classification
Ceramic
Primary Object Type
bowl
Physical Description
Tea bowl with natural ash glaze, which creates gray, black, white, and orage tones on the piece, speckled with black.
Subject Matter
This is a tea bowl. The artist, Koyama Kyoko, struggled as a female potter in a trade dominated by male artists. She received recognition when she discovered a way to revive the forgotten techinique of natural ash glazes, which are commonly used in her work.
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Image Size
3888 x 2592
File Size
127 KB
Record
2010/1.215
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"Tea Bowl; Kôyama Kiyoko." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-1.215/2010_1.215.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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