Clog-shaped Teabowl
early 1600s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Clog-shaped Teabowl, early 1600s. Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615). Glazed stoneware (Mino ware, Oribe type); overall: 8 x 14.2 x 11.5 cm (3 1/8 x 5 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2020.214 Tea gatherings are fundamental to Japanese culture. Teabowls like this one are the most important objects used in tea practice. Its oblong shape and bold abstract designs are the signature style of the time period in which it was produced. That style is called Oribe, named for the tea master who championed the aesthetic. Oribe is a government position. It means the person in charge of textiles.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- Glazed stoneware (Mino ware, Oribe type)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8 x 14.2 x 11.5 cm (3 1/8 x 5 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Mark: cross on base
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 2020.214
- Credit Line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Exhibitions
- Rinpa (琳派) (Japanese gallery rotation) 235, Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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