Tea bowl in tenmoku shape

Tea bowl in the Chinese tenmoku shape with kinka glaze. With inscribed wooden storage box.

Maker(s)
Artist: Kamei Miraku XV (born 1960)
Historical period(s)
Heisei era, 2014
Medium
Stoneware with kinka (gold flower) glaze
Style
Takatori ware
Dimensions
H x W x D: 7.6 × 13.3 × 12.7 cm (3 × 5 1/4 × 5 in)
Geography
Japan, Fukuoka prefecture, Fukuoka
Credit Line
Purchase -- funds provided by Victor and Takako Hauge
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Accession Number
S2015.14a-d
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic
Type

Tea bowl

Keywords
Hauge collection, Heisei era (1989 - present), Japan, stoneware, Takatori ware
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Description

Tea bowl in the Chinese tenmoku shape with kinka glaze. With inscribed wooden storage box.

Inscription(s)

Adhesive sticker on underside of bowl printed "XV 64"

Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
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