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Tea Bowl

Kakurezaki Ryuichi

Asian Art

Kakurezaki Ryuichi is a leader among living ceramicists who are inspired by tradition but not restricted by it. He works at the ancient ceramic center of Bizen and is celebrated for his modern interpretations of unglazed Bizen ware. But Kakurezaki has experimented with many different types of ceramic manufacture. For this tea bowl, he cut the sides and center from a block of clay and covered the faceted surface with Oribe-style green glaze.
MEDIUM Stoneware with green oribe glaze
  • Place Made: Japan
  • DATES 2008
    PERIOD Heisei Period
    DIMENSIONS 4 × 6 1/2 × 5 in. (10.2 × 16.5 × 12.7 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2013.83.26
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Shelly and Lester Richter
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Kakurezaki Ryuichi (Japanese, born 1950). Tea Bowl, 2008. Stoneware with green oribe glaze, 4 × 6 1/2 × 5 in. (10.2 × 16.5 × 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shelly and Lester Richter, 2013.83.26. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2013.83.26_view1_PS11.jpg)
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    Kakurezaki Ryuichi (Japanese, born 1950). <em>Tea Bowl</em>, 2008. Stoneware with green oribe glaze, 4 × 6 1/2 × 5 in. (10.2 × 16.5 × 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shelly and Lester Richter, 2013.83.26. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2013.83.26_view1_PS11.jpg)