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Tea bowl
1700s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Possibly produced in one of the kilns established by the trading office (Waegwan) in Buan, southern Gyeongsang province, this type of bowl with an elongated foot was exported to Japan and circulated as an item of foreign luxury among Japanese tea ware collectors. According to a historical record dated to 1641, a trading boat shipped more than 14,000 tea bowls to Japan. Pinholes in the light pinkish glaze were intended to resemble "fawn spots."
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Details
- Title: Tea bowl
- Date Created: 1700s
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter of mouth: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.); Overall: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
- Provenance: Robert W. Moore, Los Angeles, CA, (Christie's, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.84
- Medium: glazed stoneware
- Original Title: 사기다완 (沙器茶碗)
- Fun Fact: Pinholes in the light pinkish glaze were intended to resemble "fawn spots."
- Department: Korean Art
- Culture: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910)
- Credit Line: Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Collection: Korean Art
- Accession Number: 1986.84
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