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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tea Bowl

ca. 1700-1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea ceremony bowl of Bizen pottery.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware
Brief description
Tea ceremony bowl, stoneware, Japan, about 1700-1850.
Physical description
Tea ceremony bowl of Bizen pottery.
Style
Credit line
Alexander Gift
Object history
Part of a portable tea ceremony set (W316 to I-1916), consists of a box holding a tea-bowl, a tea caddy, a small bamboo tea scoop, a small cotton cloth in a container, a box for incense, a silk napkin and a container for sweets.
Collection
Accession number
W.316I-1916

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Record createdApril 13, 2010
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