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Detail, Tea bowl |
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Through February 20, 2005
Freer Gallery of Art |
From the 16th century onward, energetic foreign trade resulted in the introduction of many new varieties of utensils to Japan. Rather than being collected as curios and provided they were an appropriate size and shape, Chinese tea-leaf storage jars, tea bowls from Korea and northern Vietnam, and vases from central Vietnam joined or replaced the Chinese bronzes and ceramics that had previously been preferred for use in the tea ceremony. The search for new utensils among imported goods contributed greatly to the tea ceremony's excitement and popularity as a practice. Over time, utensils that had once been novel became established and served as models for Japanese potters to copy or interpret. This small exhibition presents a variety of imported tea utensils from the Freer collection, as well as some examples of copies made by Japanese potters.
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Online Exhibition
More Japanese Art
Exhibitions:
• Life and Leisure
• Contemporary Japanese Porcelain
• Japanese Screens
Japanese Art in Our Collections
Isamu Noguchi
Isamu Noguchi: Master Sculptor at the Hirshhorn Museum, through May 8, 2005
Bonsai Convention
The 5th World Bonsai Convention will be held in Washington, DC May 28–31
"East and West"
East and West: Trading Designs The Decorative Arts of China, Japan, Europe, and the United States in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, through March 13, 2005 at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York
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