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本阿弥光悦様式 赤楽茶碗|Red Raku Tea Bowl (copy of the Kaga Kōetsu Tea Bowl)
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本阿弥光悦様式 赤楽茶碗|Red Raku Tea Bowl (copy of the Kaga Kōetsu Tea Bowl)

18th century

Medium

Earthenware with red slip under clear lead glaze (Raku ware)

Dimensions

H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Diam. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936

Classification

Ceramics

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Hon'ami Kōetsu

1558–1638Japan

Famed as a calligrapher, artist, and sword connoisseur.