Clog-Shaped Teabowl with Design of Plum Blossoms and Geometric Patterns, early 17th century

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Clog-Shaped Teabowl with Design of Plum Blossoms and Geometric Patterns, Momoyama period (1573–1615), early 17th century, Japan, Stoneware with iron-black glaze (Mino ware, black Oribe type), H. 3 in. ( cm); W. 5 5/8 in. ( cm); Diam. of foot 12 1/4 in. ( cm), Ceramics, Tea bowls in the Oribe style were often shaped something like ancient clogs and described as kutsugata, or 'clog-shaped.' After a round tea bowl had been formed on the wheel, it was indented in several places, destroying the circular shape and producing an asymmetrical form

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