Tea bowl by an amateur potter
- Medium
- Stoneware with iron glaze
- Genre
- Vessel
Styles
Tags
Japanese ArtteaBrown and black glazeRakurakuen wareEdo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)ArtCharles Lang Freer collectionstoneware
About
Buff clay. Hand formed, heavy. Vertical faceting on one side of wall; incised undulating horizontal line on opposite side of wall; incised spiral in bottom; incised ring on base. Chocolate brown iron glaze, glossy on side exposed to highest temperature during firing (over facts), matte on opposite side. Foot unglazed.