Tea Bowl
about 1982 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Tea bowl, of standard form with highish footring and slightly everted rim. Clockwise swirl within footring. Coarse buff body visible on base and lower part of sides; rest with thick black glaze with blue iridescence, turning to brown at the rim.
[Box: Wood box inscribed 'Kita genso gyokuteki tako...chawan' and note 'Kita genso gyokuteki takusai chawan' ('Kita's Bowl of Phantasmagoric Jewel-like Oilspots with Varied Rainbow Colours').]
[Box: Wood box inscribed 'Kita genso gyokuteki tako...chawan' and note 'Kita genso gyokuteki takusai chawan' ('Kita's Bowl of Phantasmagoric Jewel-like Oilspots with Varied Rainbow Colours').]
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with iridescent black glaze |
| Brief description | Tea bowl, stoneware with iridescent black glaze, made by Kita Kazuaki, Japan (Kyoto), about 1982 |
| Physical description | Tea bowl, of standard form with highish footring and slightly everted rim. Clockwise swirl within footring. Coarse buff body visible on base and lower part of sides; rest with thick black glaze with blue iridescence, turning to brown at the rim. [Box: Wood box inscribed 'Kita genso gyokuteki tako...chawan' and note 'Kita genso gyokuteki takusai chawan' ('Kita's Bowl of Phantasmagoric Jewel-like Oilspots with Varied Rainbow Colours').] |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Ink mark within footring (in Japanese) 'Kazuaki' |
| Credit line | Given by Professor Shingo Shibata |
| Bibliographic reference | Kita Kazuaki The World of Kita Kazuaki (Kita Kazuaki Sozo Bi No Sekai), Hiroshima: Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art, 1980, p.41 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.33-1982 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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