Tea Bowl
2014 (made)
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Irregular deep round bowl form of roughly textured, almost black stoneware with fissured exterior; hand-built with evidence of clay having been wrapped around and pinched together on one side; unevenly modelled and carved mouthrim; small round, partially gouged out base; whole of interior and external edge of mouthrim covered in black glaze with a slight metallic sheen
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hand-built glazed stoneware |
| Brief description | Tea bowl, glazed stoneware, Japan, 2014, by Ogawa Machiko (1946-); with wooden storage box ('wan' for 'tea bowl' in black ink on lid exterior; 'machi' of Machiko in black ink on lid interior plus red seal); Japan, modern crafts, studio, ceramics |
| Physical description | Irregular deep round bowl form of roughly textured, almost black stoneware with fissured exterior; hand-built with evidence of clay having been wrapped around and pinched together on one side; unevenly modelled and carved mouthrim; small round, partially gouged out base; whole of interior and external edge of mouthrim covered in black glaze with a slight metallic sheen |
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| Gallery label | 30. Tea bowl
2014
This tea bowl and the objects around it have all been made since the early 1990s. They show how the tea ceremony and the kaiseki meal continue to inspire artists and designers. Ogawa Machiko is celebrated for her intuitive and freely experimental approach to working with clay. The roughly textured exterior of this tea bowl gives it an elemental quality while the sculpted rim imbues it with a quietly rhythmic energy.
Stoneware with iron glaze
Ogawa Machiko (born 1946)
Yugawara, Kanagawa prefecture
Museum no. FE.30-2017
[Toshiba Gallery, case 12, Tea Drinking, October 2019 rotation](24/09/2019) |
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| Accession number | FE.30-2017 |
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| Record created | February 13, 2017 |
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