Karatsu ware Tea Bowl
Original Language Title唐津茶碗
CultureJapanese
Datelate 16th-early 17th century
MediumGlazed stoneware (Karatsu-type)
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 5 1/2 inches (7.62 × 13.97 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-62/6
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Exhibition HistoryJapanese Art of the Edo
Period, William
Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, MO, March 16- April 21, 1958; City Art
Museum of St. Louis, May 13-June 30, 1958, no.41.
The tea bowl was used to serve whipped, powdered green tea in Japan’s tea ceremony of chanoyu. The simple decoration of these bowls is revered by tea masters who conducted chanoyu in an atmosphere of rustic elegance, influenced by the tenets of Zen Buddhism. The long drip of glaze at the front of this bowl is particularly noteworthy.
With Yamanaka & Co., New York City, by March 16, 1932;
Purchased from Yamanaka & Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.William
Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, City Art
Museum of St. Louis, Japanese Art of the
Edo Period (Kansas City, MO: The Gallery, 1958), no. 41.
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