Tea bowl (chawan) named Morning Light (Akebono)
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Japan
Tea bowl (chawan) named Morning Light (Akebono)
1650-1700
earthenware, ash glaze, gold, silver mends
Tea bowl (chawan) named Morning Light (Akebono)
1650-1700
earthenware, ash glaze, gold, silver mends
- Place made
- Shigaraki, Shiga prefecture, Japan
- Medium
- earthenware, ash glaze, gold, silver mends
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 13.0 cm (diam.)
- Credit line
- M.J.M. Carter AO Collection through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2019
- Accession number
- 20192C1(a&b)
- Signature and date
- Box, u.r., gold lacquer, ‘信楽’ in ‘shigaraki’ in Chinese script, ‘あけぼの’ ‘akebono’ in Japanese hiragana; l.r. in gold lacquer, ‘茶盌’ "[Chawan, in Chinese script]"; u.r., in ink on white sticker, "Vo2"; l.l. ink on white sticker, "Shigaraki" ‘TH’ ‘E9’
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Collection area
- Asian art - Japan