Tea Bowl
1615-1637 (made)
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This bowl is one of a small number of surviving ceramics by Hon'ami Koetsu (1558-1637), a noted designer-connoisseur who played a prominent role in Kyoto artistic circles during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Koetsu's abilities extended to the making of Raku tea bowls, the art of which he learnt from Raku Donyu (1599-1656), the third generation head of the Raku family. This bowl is one of the most important pieces of Japanese ceramics in the V&A's collection. It is similar in shape and treatment, though somewhat smaller in size, to a tea bowl in the collection of the Goto Museum in Tokyo entitled 'Shichiri' (lit. 'Seven Leagues').
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hand-built Black Raku type high-fired earthenware with black glaze |
| Brief description | Tea bowl, Raku ware with black glaze, Kyoto, Japan, by Hon'ami Kôetsu (1558-1637), 1615-1637 |
| Physical description | Tea bowl with slightly everted straight sides, flat base, low footring, all-over covering of black glaze partially scraped away on interior and exterior |
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| Object history | Purchased from the Japanese Commissioners for the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, accessioned in 1877. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Summary | This bowl is one of a small number of surviving ceramics by Hon'ami Koetsu (1558-1637), a noted designer-connoisseur who played a prominent role in Kyoto artistic circles during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Koetsu's abilities extended to the making of Raku tea bowls, the art of which he learnt from Raku Donyu (1599-1656), the third generation head of the Raku family. This bowl is one of the most important pieces of Japanese ceramics in the V&A's collection. It is similar in shape and treatment, though somewhat smaller in size, to a tea bowl in the collection of the Goto Museum in Tokyo entitled 'Shichiri' (lit. 'Seven Leagues'). |
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| Accession number | 247-1877 |
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| Record created | November 15, 2002 |
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