Bowl with Stamped Floral Decoration
Unknown Artist
1400s
Medium
glazed ceramic
Dimensions
h. 8.8 cm · diameter of base 5.4 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Korean Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. H. R. Cash, M.D.
Accession Number
1988.1057
About this artwork
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 evoking the aesthetics of wabi-sabi caused it to be repurposed as a tea bowl. Korean tea bowls were circulated as an item of foreign luxury among Japanese military elites. Many Korean potters were abducted to japan during the Japanese invasions (1592–98) and some settled down in Japan, particularly in the Saga pr...