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Tea bowl by an amateur potter
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Tea bowl by an amateur potter

1840-1860 · Stoneware with iron glaze

From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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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.

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Credit lineTea bowl by an amateur potter. 1840-1860. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
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