id:			159688
accession number:	1996.4
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.4
updated:		2021-11-18 17:57:04.979000

Tea Bowl, 1600s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Glazed stoneware; diameter of mouth: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.); overall: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund 1996.4

title:				Tea Bowl
title in original language:	분청사기 완 (粉靑沙器碗)
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creation date:			1600s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1699
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creditline:			Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund
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culture:	Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910)
technique:	glazed stoneware
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Diameter of mouth: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.); Overall: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact: 
For its imperfect aesthetics, this type of rustic tea bowl was highly appreciated among advanced Japanese practitioners of the tea ceremony.

digital description: 
This type of wide-mouthed bowl was used every day in Korea, not exclusively for tea drinking. But when it was introduced to Japan around the early 16th century, its imperfect appearance, which evokes the aesthetics of <em>wabi-sabi, </em>caused it to be repurposed as a tea bowl. Korean tea bowls were circulated as a item of foreign luxury among Japanese military elites. This tea bowl may have been produced in one of the kilns established and operated by the trading office (Waegwan) in Buan, southern Gyeongsang province, as an export item for Japanese tea bowl collectors.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “The Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Major Works,” March 18, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4027

	Jeong, Dong-ju. From Joseon Rice Bowl to Yido Tea Bowl [조선 막사발과 이도다완]. Paju: Hangil ateu, 2012.
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IMAGES

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