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Artists Reimagining the Collection
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Raku Tea Bowl

late Edo period, 19th century

Japanese Edo Period

Associated Names

Japanese Edo Period

Artist

This is a bowl with a rustic orange finish and a crackled glaze that gives it a textured pattern. The bowl is decorated with painted white designs, including a large floral motif in the center surrounded by curving lines and the outlines of birds. The rim of the bowl is undulating rather than flat, and it has some areas of black pigment. The wide bowl has a narrow, round base at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

Medium

glazed earthenware
Credit Line

Harry G. Steele Collection, Gift of Grace C. Steele
Dimensions

overall: 7.6 x 11.7 cm (3 x 4 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

1972.43.59

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Harry G. Steele [1881-1942], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele [d. 1974]; gift 1972 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1998

Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 268, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62287450

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