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Shigaraki Tea Bowl

Shigaraki Tea Bowl

Artist/Maker
Date19th century
Mediumroughly molded with heavy glaze in mottled grey-blue and brown. Glaze only partially covers outside of bowl
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 × 4 in. (8.3 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Charles L. Freer
Object number1912.65
Status
On view
ProvenanceCharles L. Freer [1854-1919], Detroit, MI; by gift 1912 to Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH; by transfer 1917 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
When Words Meet Pictures: East Asian Painting and Sculpture
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 25, 1994 - November 15, 1994 )
Japanese Art and Drama
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (December 6, 1996 - March 2, 1997 )
An Eclectic Ensemble: The History of the Asian Art Collection at Oberlin
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 27, 1999 - August 30, 2000 )
Asian Art and the Allen: American Collectors in the Early 20th Century
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 19, 2014 - July 12, 2015 )
Collections
  • On View
  • Asian
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