Tea bowl

Description

Possibly produced in one of the kilns established by the trading office (Waegwan) in Busan, southern Gyeongsang province, this type of bowl with an elongated foot was exported to Japan and circulated as an item of foreign luxury among Japanese tea ware collectors. Pinholes in the light pinkish glaze were intended to resemble "fawn spots."

Provenance

Robert W. Moore, Los Angeles, CA (?-1986); (Christie's, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (1986); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1986-)

Tea bowl

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1700s

Accession Number

1986.84

Medium

glazed stoneware

Dimensions

Diameter of mouth: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.); Overall: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)

Classification

Ceramic

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Edward L. Whittemore Fund