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Potter: Sonyu (1664-1716), Raku V
Cylindrical footed earthenware tea bowl, hand-built. Tomato red patches with darker black/green carbon trapping. Raku spiral in foot ring. Red body.
History note: Unknown before Frank Brangwyn, RA
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 8.40 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1934-09-20) by Brangwyn, Frank
17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#
Mid Edo Period
Circa
1675
-
Circa
1725
Similar to piece by Sonyu, p.67 of ' collection of Japanese ceramics ' Heibonsha, 1987
Decoration
composed of
carbon impregnation
( tomato red patches with darker black / green carbon trapping)
Foot
Diameter 4.50 cm
Bowl
Diameter 9.60 cm
red body Earthenware
Accession number: C.316-1934
Primary reference Number: 74439
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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