tea bowl
Summary
Slightly globular Japanese tea bowl form with narrow foot, buff stoneware, dark brown tenmoku glaze with painted iron decoration. Throwing marks and lustrous sheen to inside, small lumps in glaze. Glaze thinning to rim, loosely painted abstract calligraphic motifs to body in rich orangey gold and bronze patches. Loosely trailed orangey gold band to above footring with two circular patches, body exposed to ring around footring.
Display Label
Bowl Made by Bernard Leach, 1929 Stoneware, with painted decoration and tenmoku glaze Purchased 1943.22
Object Name
tea bowl
Creators Name
Date Created
1929
Dimensions
object: 9.5cm
accession number
1943.22
Collection Group
Place of creation
St Ives
Medium
stoneware
