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Japanese Raku tea bowl

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An image of Japanese pottery. Tea bowl. Ryonyu (Raku IX).  Production Place: Japan, Kyoto. Hand-built tea bowl of broad, low, form. Raku spiral in the foot ring. Faint wad marks, and two black scorch marks. The side of the bowl is sliced. Raku clay, brushed all over with an orange-red glaze, height, whole, 6.3 cm, diameter, rim, 13.4 cm, diameter, bowl, 13.3 cm, diameter, foot, 5.7 cm, largest, circa 1800-1834. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Japanese pottery. Tea bowl. Ryonyu (Raku IX). Production Place: Japan, Kyoto. Hand-built tea bowl of broad, low, form. Raku spiral in the foot ring. Faint wad marks, and two black scorch marks. The side of the bowl is sliced. Raku clay, brushed all over with an orange-red glaze, height, whole, 6.3 cm, diameter, rim, 13.4 cm, diameter, bowl, 13.3 cm, diameter, foot, 5.7 cm, largest, circa 1800-1834. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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  • Accession Number: C.132-1934
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 674 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 88.16kB
  • Exposure time: 1/90
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 22/1

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19th Century bowl clay Edo Period Fitz_AA foot footed glazed hand built handmade Japanese Kyoto orange pottery raku clay Raku IX Ryonyu tea bowl teabowl

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