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Mino ware tea bowl
From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Buff clay, reddish brown on part of surface on one side. String-cutting mark visible on trimmed foot rim. Yellow ash glaze, appearing olive-green where thick, stained brown in crackles, ending in beads. Inside of foot rim unglazed. On inside wall, single brown streak of iron; in bottom, pool of dark green glaze with opaque bluish white spot in center. Extensive lacquer repairs to breaks and chips.
National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineMino ware tea bowl. 1570-1580. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.