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Raku (pottery)

Scope note

Pottery covered with a lead glaze and fired at a very low temperature, leaving the body soft and porous; originally developed in Japan.

This term has 2 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name
Object category

Getty AAT term number

300053889

Broader Terms used

<pottery (object genre)>

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Tray

Maker(s)

Potter: White, Tony

Tea bowl

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

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