Tea Bowl
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Tea Bowl, ca. 1800. Ceramic, Shigaraki ware, 2 15/16 x 4 1/2 in. (7.5 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Carll H. de Silver, 07.278. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
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Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Title
Tea Bowl
Date
ca. 1800
Period
Edo Period
Geography
Place made: Omi Province, Japan
Medium
Ceramic, Shigaraki ware
Classification
Dimensions
2 15/16 x 4 1/2 in. (7.5 x 11.5 cm)
Inscriptions
According to Oka Yoshiko of Otemae University, the inscription reads as follows: sa za re i shi / no tou ki mu ka u no / mu ka ta ri wa(ha) / i ha ho nou he no / ka men (so?) shi ra ra mu / shi ga ji Oka: This basically contains auspicious words much like the words in the national anthem. A transcription of the above in Japanese characters (hiragana and a few kanji) can be found in the work's object file.
Credit Line
Gift of Carll H. de Silver
Accession Number
07.278
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