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Tea bowl, copy of "Kaga Koetsu," unknown Raku ware workshop
19th century , Edo period Earthenware with red slip brushed under colorless lead glaze; gold lacquer repair H: 9.6 W: 12.9 cm Kyoto, Japan Gift of Charles Lang Freer F1897.38 |
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This bowl is heavy for its size and hesitantly carved. These features suggest that it was made by an inexperienced potter. A thick curtain of whitish glaze masks the red slip. The exaggerated undulations of the rim are a later convention not found in Koetsu's own bowls.
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