Black Raku shallow tea bowl

Shallow, wide earthenware tea bowl (hirajawan) with shiny black Raku glaze and bearing three maker’s marks.
Clay: earthenware
Glaze: Black Raku
Decoration: none
Marks: three Raku seal impressions, one on unglazed portion of base outside of foot ring, one at the exterior wall base, and last impressed on interior well base

Maker(s)
Artist: Raku Tannyū (1795-1854)
Historical period(s)
Edo period, 1811-1845
Medium
Earthenware with black Raku glaze
Style
Raku ware
Dimensions
H x Diam (tea bowl overall): 5.5 × 13.5 cm (2 3/16 × 5 5/16 in) Diam (tea bowl foot): 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in)
Geography
Japan, Kyoto
Credit Line
The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Gift of Gregory Kinsey
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F2019.5.6a-j
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic
Type

Tea bowl

Keywords
Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, Raku ware, tea ceremony
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Description

Shallow, wide earthenware tea bowl (hirajawan) with shiny black Raku glaze and bearing three maker's marks.
Clay: earthenware
Glaze: Black Raku
Decoration: none
Marks: three Raku seal impressions, one on unglazed portion of base outside of foot ring, one at the exterior wall base, and last impressed on interior well base

Marking(s)

three Raku seal impressions, one on unglazed portion of base outside of foot ring, one at the exterior wall base, and last impressed on interior well base

Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
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