The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Tea bowl
1700s
(1392–1910)
Diameter of mouth: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.); Overall: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1986.84
Location: not on view
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Pinholes in the light pinkish glaze were intended to resemble "fawn spots."Description
Possibly produced in one of the kilns established by the trading office (Waegwan) in Busan, 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. Pinholes in the light pinkish glaze were intended to resemble "fawn spots."- ?-1986Robert W. Moore, Los Angeles, CA1986(Christie's, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1986-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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- Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).
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