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Raku Tea Bowl JJAKU IS A TYPE OF JAPANESE CERAMIC WARE that is
Xvfired in an oxidizing atmosphere. It was first made in
Japanese, late Edo period (nineteenth century) the sixteenth century and used primarily for tea wares.
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Glazed earthenware, 7.6 x 11.7 (3 x 4 /s) On the exterior of this bowl are cut-glazed designs
Harry G. Steele Collection, Gift of Grace C. Steele including the cursive script form of the character mean-
ing "wind" and a floral spray. 1
TECHNICAL NOTES SL
This vessel was made in the traditional manner of coiling and
has an intentionally uneven surface. The bowl is covered with a NOTES
colorless glaze applied over an iron oxide slip. The foot-ring is i. For a similar red iron oxide raku tea bowl made by the nine-
wide, and both the foot-ring and the base are glazed.
teenth-century potter Ohi III, see Hayashiya 1974, pi. 230.
PROVENANCE
Harry G. Steele [1881-1941], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele.

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