Physical Object / Teabowl for summer

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Title: Teabowl for summer
Creator: Tobei Tawara 12
Contributing Institution: California State University, Sacramento Library
Collection: Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
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Description: Hagi ware is thought to originate from the work of two Korean potters, Ri Shakko and Ri Kei, who founded the kiln ( Fukagawa-gama) under the patronage of the Mori clan, sometime around 1604. This teabowl was created by the 12th generation master, Tobei Tawara. It features the famous pink and grey Hagi glaze on a wide flaring bowl appropriate for summer thin tea service. The chawan is housed in a paulownia box bearing calligraphy that describes its provenance. Hagi ware (Hagi-yaki)
Type: physical object
Format: 2 1/2""h x 6"" dia
Stoneware
Identifier: 2005.05.0082
51
Case 1, Shelf 2
310.cpd
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/teaware/id/309
Subject: Chawan
Japanese tea ceremony
Drinking vessels
Relation: Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection

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